Hello FCLNY Friends,

We are grateful for each of you and all that you invest into moving forward a culture of life in NY.

As you know, FCLNY served as an Organizational Endorser of the Coalition to Protect Kids-NY, a ballot issue committee dedicated to educating on and defeating Prop One, or the so-called Equal Rights Amendment to NY's Constitution. This amendment dehumanizes unborn children, by providing pregnant mothers with a constitutional right to abort their children, regardless of their gestational age. It empowers courts to deprive parents of rights and senior citizens of benefits, among other things. The anti-life ERA degrades women and girls, and constititutionalizes discrimination in the name of equality.

While Prop One ultimately passed statewide, on November 5th, it was defeated by a majority vote in the majority of counties across New York State. The overall percentage of votes supporting Prop One in NY was also significantly less than for similar amendments in the deep blue state of Maryland and in the battleground state of Nevada.

We are so extraordinarily thankful for the great work of everyone who worked diligently to raise awareness of this amendment. Here is a brief list of the NY counties where a majority of voters cast their vote against passage of this destructive constitutional amendment.

Allegany

Cattaraugus

Cayuga

Chautauqua

Chenango

Delaware

Fulton

Genesee

Greene

Hamilton

Herkimer

Jefferson

Lewis

Livingston

Madison

Montgomery

Niagara

Oneida

Ontario

Orleans

Oswego

Putnam

Rockland

Schoharie

Schuyler

Seneca

St. Lawrence

Steuben

Sullivan

Tioga

Warren

Washington

Wayne

Wyoming

Yates

Here is a list of the counties that came within 3% points or less of a majority of NO VOTES to the ERA.

Chemung

Franklin

Orange

Otsego

Staten Island

See:  https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/new-york-ballot-measures

FCLNY will continue to raise awareness of the genuine threats posed by the ERA, in addition to NY's already inhumane abortion policies and other anti-life bills, laws and practices impacting New Yorkers. 

We are a tax exempt nonprofit- so our ability to lobby is limited, but we will continue to do our fair share, and equally, if not more importantly, continue to educate and transform our culture for LIFE.

The Consistent Life Ethic is counter cultural, especially here in NY. While the logic is seamless and coherent- many do not recognize the inherent value and dignity of all human life, whether in utero, on death row or infirm and aged. Neither do many understand the caustic impacts on societies that fail to honor LIFE for every member of the human family.

FCLNY will continue to educate on the social forces that degrade our brothers and sisters, the connections between publicly sanctioned lethal violence, despair and death. We will continue to promote nonviolent solutions, and life-affirming resources for those gripped by the tragedies that often befall us. 

We will always fight for a better way forward, for the sake of our families and future generations.  

Thank you for the trust you place in FCLNY and your steadfast commitment to our mission. 

Feminists Choosing Life of New York 

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