NEWS FROM ASSEMBLYWOMAN DONNA LUPARDO

123rd Assembly District

Chair, Assembly Committee on Children and Families

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

January 2, 2014

Statement by Democratic Women Assembly Members In

Advance of the State of the State Address
As a New Year begins, we look forward to hearing Governor Cuomos State of the State
address. As we women of the Assembly Majority have watched state after state pass laws that
affect womens lives in a negative fashion, we feel deeply that it is of paramount importance that
we work to ensure equality for the women of New York . We are proud to have voted in favor of
the Governors full 10 point Womens Equality Agenda, including the codification of Roe v.
Wade. The most personal decisions a woman makes concern her health and reproductive
choices. This is a most fundamental part of womens equality.
Each and every aspect of the Womens Equality Act, which advances the Governors
agenda, signifies an important step forward. Taken together, they signal real progress in the
effort to improve the lives of women in New York State and change the gender inequality that
the Governor dramatically pledged to eradicate in his State of the State message at the beginning
of 2013.
We look forward to continuing to fight for the rights of women under New York State
laws so that women are full participants in every aspect of civic life. We believe it is important to
look at all of those barriers women face and to make sure we include issues such as access to
affordable, high-quality child care, paid family leave and eldercare so that New Yorks women
and families have every opportunity for a dynamic future and we ensure greater equality for all
New Yorkers.
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