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We are so incredibly thankful for your support.
We are fighting for life here in NY, for women, families and
children, born and unborn. We cannot do this without you.
We take seriously our mission to promote the consistent life ethic and whole life feminism. We firmly recognize the INHERENT DIGNITY OF ALL HUMAN BEINGS from conception to natural death; that all members of the human family are equally valuable.
We resolutely advocate for peaceful solutions.
We are addressing publicly sanctioned lethal violence through non-violent direct action
as well as educating on root causes, including domestic violence, human trafficking,
inequality and poverty.
By implementing our mission- it is our hope that more people will choose life and that our public policies will become more fair, more just, and more humane, for all human beings.
FCLNY has a variety of projects underway to help transform
the culture of death in NY, especially for women and children
most vulnerable to abortion.
NY has one of the highest abortion rates in the nation, and we anticipate that rate will climb in the wake of the Dobbs decision overturning Roe vs Wade. NY has more abortion providing facilities than pregnancy resource centers, and our pregnancy resource centers are under attack. NY has some of the most lax abortion standards in the US, high poverty rates as well as high rates of domestic violence and sex trafficking.
Our approach continues to be multidimensional
and comprehensive. Our campaigns include:
- Practical resource indexes for at risk families
- Outreach to survivors of intimate partner violence and sex trafficking
- Formal and informal dialogue campaigns
- Protests and counterprotests
- Media outreach
- Lobbying efforts
We interface with NY legislators to support life-affirming policies, including affordable child care, extended healthcare coverage for pregnant women, and protections for infants born alive during abortions. In NY approximately 1,660 later term abortions (20+ weeks gestation) occur on average each year. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention children are sometimes born alive during later term abortions.
We are currently gearing up to work with Democratic and
Republican NY legislators to propose bills at the start of our
next legislative session (January 2023) that include:
- An abortion related informed consent bill
- A bill that requires the tracking, reporting & publishing of abortion complication data
- A proposed law that requires every health care facility that accepts Medicaid to post human trafficking and domestic violence hotlines
- Proposed modifications to our antiquated adoption laws
In many ways, if not most, this work is an uphill battle in states
like NY. But like our feminist foremothers, we move forward, believing that the truth of life will prevail. That if we can help but
one person while altering the paradigm, there is hope!
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