Aid-in-dying bill passes Assembly Health Committee in close vote
The Legislative Gazette, May 24, 2016 “‘By hastily rubber-stamping this deeply problematic proposal, the Assembly Health Committee has taken a step toward a future in which the lives of terminally-ill persons are treated as expendable, and in which insurance companies will be at liberty to make cost-saving coverage decisions that steer vulnerable individuals toward physician-assisted…
Brittany Maynard’s Husband Lobbies For NY Right-To-Die Bill
CBS New York, February 25, 2016 “Opponents say a [physician-assisted suicide] law could be misused, by people struggling with mental illness or by greedy heirs who urge an elderly relative to end his or her life early. The Rev. Jason McGuire, president of [New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms and] New Yorker’s Family Research Foundation, said…
Conservative group sends letter to Trump
Albany Times Union, February 17, 2016 “The Rev. Jason McGuire, executive director of the conservative advocacy group New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms, is among more than two dozen signatories of an open letter to Donald Trump that presents pointed questions about the current Republican front-runner’s commitment to culture-war issues including abortion, same-sex marriage and gambling…”…
Girl Scouts consider policy change to include trans-gender children
WNYT.com, April 21, 2016 “New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms, an evangelical Christian advocacy group released a statement in response to the GSNENY proposal. It reads, ‘Parents should be able to expect that their daughters will be physically and emotionally safe when they attend Scouting activities. That physical and emotional safety is compromised if and when…
Cuomo: No non-essential state travel to North Carolina
AuburnPub.com, March 30, 2016 “Gov. Andrew Cuomo is protesting the adoption of a law in North Carolina… [Cuomo has] issued an executive order…banning non-essential state travel to the Tar Heel State… Last week, North Carolina state legislators approved legislation that reversed a Charlotte ordinance allowing transgender residents to use public restrooms corresponding with their gender…
North Carolina Governor's Office Fires Back At Cuomo
WGRZ.com, March 29, 2016 “Vermont’s governor has joined New York Governor Andrew Cuomo [in] instituting a ban on state sponsored travel to North Carolina… The developments represent the latest fallout [from] North Carolina adopting a statewide law…to block a Charlotte City Council bathroom ordinance that, among other things, would have allowed transgender people to use…
Regulations Limit "Gay Conversion" Therapy for Minors in New York
WXXINews.com, February 8, 2016 “Governor Andrew Cuomo has issued executive orders to stop therapists from providing so-called ‘gay conversion therapy’ for New York minors…” “Jason McGuire, executive director of New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms, a statewide Christian Advocacy group based in Rochester, believes the governor is inappropriately using his executive power to enact regulations that…
EXCLUSIVE: Gov. Cuomo to ban use of conversion therapy on LGBT youth by public and private health insurers
New York Daily News, February 7, 2016 “Gov. Cuomo will announce regulations Saturday that will ban public and private health care insurers from covering so-called gay conversion therapy [in certain contexts], the Daily News has learned…” “‘We have supported, and continue to support, the rights of people who have unwanted same sex attractions to seek…
NY finalizes ban on transgender discrimination
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, January 20, 2016 Rev. Jason McGuire, Executive Director of New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms, “said his group has been consulting with lawyers and will likely move ahead with a legal challenge now that the rules [on discrimination based upon gender identity] have been finalized.” “‘I believe we will be taking this…
Lobbyists bring ‘right to die’ issue to state Capitol steps
WNYT Channel 13 News, January 12, 2016 The assisted suicide bills “‘don’t take into account the needs for protection for patients who are elderly, who are infirmed, who are disabled,’ [argued] Stephen Hayford of New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms. He also [contended] that insurance companies might be more inclined to pay [for] life ending drugs…
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