Today, in response to a decision by the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation to end support for breast health and education provided through Planned Parenthood, Family Planning Advocates of New York State railed against anti-choice extremists for their shortsighted and mean-spirited pressure campaigns that ultimately harm women. An anti-women’s health campaign has repeatedly [...]

(ALBANY NY Jan. 24, 2012) Family Planning Advocates celebrates the Assembly’s passage of the Reproductive Rights and Justice Week Resolution, commemorating women’s access to comprehensive reproductive health care on the 39th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision. “After witnessing an unprecedented number of attacks on women’s health care in 2011, we thank [...]

(ALBANY NY Jan. 20, 2012) This Sunday, January 22, the nation recognizes the 39th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision. For New York, however, our commemoration is much more personal. In 1970, three years prior to the Roe decision, the Empire State revolutionized women’s health care when our wise lawmakers passed the [...]

(ALBANY NY Jan. 19, 2012) In 1970, wise members of the New York State Legislature, both Democratic and Republican, lead the nation in ensuring that the full range of women’s reproductive health care was safe, legal, and accessible. It was not until January 22, 1973 that the rest of nation’s women were no longer banished [...]

(ALBANY, NY Jan. 17, 2012) Family Planning Advocates of NYS today celebrated Gov. Cuomo’s inclusion of Health Benefit Exchange-enacting legislation in his 2012-13 Executive Budget. “Once again, Gov. Cuomo has prioritized access to health care for the women and families of New York State,” said FPA President and CEO M. Tracey Brooks. “By making the [...]

More than 400 advocates gathered at the Capitol today to urge lawmakers and Gov. Cuomo to make the Reproductive Health Act law this session. “Seven out of 10 New Yorkers want the Reproductive Health Act (RHA) passed because it guarantees that all women in New York will have the right to make decisions about pregnancy, [...]