Five Items That Should Be Included In New York’s Budget
In the coming days, the New York State Legislature and Gov. Kathy Hochul will finalize and pass the 2023-2024 New York State Budget. New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms (NYCF) calls upon the Legislature and the Governor to include the following five items in the final budget: 1. An Adoption Tax Deduction for Parents Who Adopt…
Hochul, James Push Abortion Pills Nationwide
Pro-life Americans received welcome news earlier this month from the Walgreens pharmacy chain. After 20 state attorneys general wrote to Walgreens on February 1 and warned the company against distributing abortion pills, Walgreens reportedly assured those 20 attorneys general that it had no intention of distributing the pills in their respective states. (The company did…
Pro-Abortion Statue Sits Atop City Courthouse
A controversial new statue has been placed on top of a New York City courthouse. Created by artist Shahzia Sikander, the golden eight-foot statue is entitled “NOW.” According to Sikander, the statue is a tribute to abortion rights and to the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Sikander reportedly stated that the statue was…
Councilmember Paladino Directs Funds To Pro-Life Center
Over the past several years, the abortion situation in New York has gone from bad to worse. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the abortion expansion law known as the Reproductive Health Act into law in 2019. Since taking office, Gov. Kathy Hochul has worked with the Legislature to make New York a magnet for abortion-minded women…
Alzheimer’s Association Separates From Assisted Suicide
A patient advocacy group that had linked arms with a pro-assisted-suicide organization has recognized the error of its ways. Last year, the Alzheimer’s Association—which describes itself as “a worldwide voluntary health organization dedicated to Alzheimer’s care, support and research”—formed a working relationship with Compassion & Choices. A successor organization to the Hemlock Society, Compassion &…
Pennsylvania Pro-Life Advocate Acquitted
A pro-life activist from Pennsylvania has been acquitted of federal charges in connection with an altercation outside a Philadelphia abortion clinic. On January 30, 2023, a federal jury acquitted Mark Houck of charges that he had violated the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, which makes it a crime to “use force…
State Legislature Sends “Equality” Amendment To The Voters
January 24, 2023 was a bad day for unborn children in New York. Both the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly passed a pro-abortion constitutional amendment, and the Senate also passed three pro-abortion bills. The so-called Equality Amendment, Bill S.108-A-Krueger/A.1283-Seawright, would protect New York’s extremist policies on abortion, sexuality, and gender…
NYC Public Health Pushes Abortion Pills
Recently, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Health announced its intention to purchase abortion pills to be dispensed at public health clinics. According to the New York Post, the Department openly stated that it was purchasing the abortion pills “‘to mitigate the threat to public health posed by the recent Supreme Court…
NYCF Releases 2023-2024 Legislative Agenda
The mission of New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms (NYCF) is to influence legislation and legislators for the Lord Jesus Christ. Legislatively, we work at the state level to protect human life, promote strong families, preserve religious liberty, and proclaim justice and mercy. In each odd-numbered year, NYCF releases a legislative agenda and distributes it to…
Assisted Suicide Bill Reintroduced At The Statehouse
Legislation that would allow assisted suicide in the state of New York has been re-introduced in 2023, and supporters of that legislation held a rally in the New York State Capitol on January 17, 2023. As many Christian New Yorkers will recall, the assisted suicide bill, S.2445-Hoylman-Sigal/A.995-Paulin, would let physicians prescribe lethal drugs to terminally-ill…
Gov. Kathy Hochul Delivers 2023 State of the State Address
On January 10, 2023, Gov. Kathy Hochul delivered her 2023 State of the State Address at the New York State Capitol. Following an invocation in which Rev. W. Franklin Richardson of Grace Baptist Church in Mount Vernon prayed to “God our mother and our father,” Gov. Hochul unveiled her 2023 Achieving the New York Dream…
Senate Moving Out-of-State Abortions Act
Recent legislative activity indicates that the Out-of-State Abortions Act, also known as the Reproductive Freedom and Equity Grant Program (Bill S.348-B-Cleare), may be moving toward passage in the New York State Senate. This bill is one of the most dishonest and cruel abortion bills that the state of New York has ever seen. The bill…
GOP-Led U.S. House Passes Pro-Life Measures
After the 2022 elections resulted in a Republican takeover of the U.S. House of Representatives, pro-life Americans were hopeful that the shift in House leadership would put the brakes on the Democratic Party’s aggressively pro-abortion policies. So far, the House is off to a good start; on January 11, 2023, the House passed a pro-life…
Pork-Laden Funding Bill Passes Congress
The week before Christmas, Congress passed legislation (H.R. 2617) that will keep the federal government funded through September 2023. Unfortunately, that legislation—known as an omnibus spending bill—is both fiscally irresponsible and morally repugnant. The omnibus spending bill will cost American taxpayers an estimated $1.85 trillion and is expected to increase the federal budget deficit by…
Associated Press Bias Belies Pro-Life Position
Media bias is nothing new to Christians or conservatives in the United States. A recent move by the Associated Press provides one example of that bias. According to the Daily Signal, a new Associated Press writing stylebook urges reporters to avoid the terms “pro-life” and “pro-choice” in writing about the abortion issue. Rather, the Associated…
Opposition Grows Against Funding Veterans’ Facility Abortions
New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms (NYCF) is a statewide Christian nonprofit organization that seeks to influence legislation and legislators for the Lord Jesus Christ. While NYCF’s work is focused on New York state government, our organization also partners with allies in other parts of the country in an effort to influence national policy. On December…