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LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY FCLNY organizes and participates in both direct and grassroots lobbying on targeted policy issues as well as coordinated media outreach. FCLNY is non-partisan, but works with diverse ideological and/or religious organizations that align with our goals. New York State Medical Aid in Dying Act Pending in NYS The Medical Aid in Dying Act (MAID) (S138 / A136 ) allows for ‘mentally competent’ ‘terminally ill’ people, beginning at age 18, to request and consume deadly medication that will end their lives. Versions of MAID were first introduced in the New York legislature in 2015, and consistently reintroduced during every subsequent legislative term, including in January of 2025. For the first time in NY history, MAID passed in both legislative chambers. Though it passed the MAID bill has NOT YET been sent to Governor Hochul for review and signature. The Governor must sign the bill-for it to become law, or either veto or ignore the bill-for it to die, once delivered to her, by the end of 2025. The fate of MAID is uncertain. If you're a registered NY voter please reach out to Governor Hochul, and ask her to veto MAID, S138. https://www.governor.ny.gov/content/governor-contact-form Please also, download, review, sign and mail the Anti-Maid letter, below, asking Governor Hochul to VETO MAID MAID threatens the horizon and the dignity of human life at its natural end. MAID dehumanizes and devalues the aged, diseased, and disabled. MAID normalizes suicide and decriminalizes assisted suicide. Anti-MAID Letter According to the National Council on Disability “The evidence strongly suggests that … safeguards are circumvented in ways that are harmful to patients.” NY’s pending MAID Act goes far out of its way to forbid referencing death by an intentional dose of lethal medication as a suicide, and to protect accomplices of such suicides from criminal prosecution. MAID clearly supports suicide and excuses assisted suicide for a select group of people. Webster’s dictionary defines suicide as “the act or instance of taking one’s own life voluntarily and intentionally.” MAID destigmatizes the gravity of suicide and undermines the value of human life. MAID is legal in ONLY eleven U.S. jurisdictions including Oregon , New Mexico , Colorado, and Montana where suicide is a leading cause of death, including among youth . “When assisted suicide is legalized it immediately becomes the cheapest treatment.” If health “insurers deny, or even simply delay approval of expensive life-sustaining treatment, patients can be steered toward hastening their deaths.” "There is robust evidence , taken from different jurisdictions and using a variety of statistical methods, that the total number of self initiated deaths rises significantly where [Assisted Suicide] is legally available, and strong evidence that this has a greater impact on older women.” A growing body of research demonstrates that a significant portion of terminally ill patients consider themselves a burden to family and others. The evidence also identifies "self-perceived burden" as a relevant factor in making end of life and death-hastening decisions. Numerous professional associations and organizations oppose ASSISTED SUICIDE, including, the American Medical Association , World Medical Association , National Council on Disability, and the American Association of People with Disabilities. Update on the Status of Medication Abortion in the U.S. and NYS In FDA vs. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine (2024), "The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled to preserve access to the abortion pill mifepristone, a pill used in the most common way to end a pregnancy." "Thousands of women in states with abortion bans and restrictions are receiving abortion pills in the mail from states that have laws protecting prescribers," including New York. It is currently legal for medical providers and certified retail pharmacies to mail abortion pills to women and girls with a prescription via tele-health in NY. Under the current rules surrounding chemical abortion, pregnant women and girls can "take the medication to induce an abortion through 10 weeks of pregnancy," and without a pre-abortion ultrasound. Read High Court's Opinion Here! The RHA Degrades Women and Dehumanizes Children. New York enacted the Reproductive Health Act (RHA) in January, 2019. This law allows for the killing of viable unborn children, including healthy children in utero, for any reason within 24 weeks of pregnancy. Modern medical science is clear that unborn children can be viable (capable of survival outside the womb) as early as 21 weeks gestation. The RHA permits killing viable unborn children, including healthy children in utero, during the later-second and third trimester of pregnancy for reasons unrelated to a mother's physical health. In NY, approximately 1,600 unborn children are aborted each year at 20+ weeks gestation. Studies show most later-term abortions are 'elective,' performed on healthy pregnant women and healthy unborn children. The RHA did away with NY's longstanding fetal homicide law. Because of the RHA it is no longer a separate crime in NY for abusers to kill viable unborn children, including wanted unborn children, in attacks on their mothers. The RHA allows for an undefined group of health care practitioners to perform abortions, including surgical, second and third trimester abortions. Studies show that even mid-level health care providers that perform abortions have higher rates of “incomplete abortion,” uterine “perforation” and “hemorrhage” than physicians performing abortions. The RHA eradicated NY Public Health Law (PHL) 4164, without enacting any form of replacement. In NY, later-second and third trimester abortions can occur in facilities other than hospitals, ambulatory centers or physicians' offices. According to studies, including, Risk Factors for Legal Induced Abortion-Related Mortality in the United States, the "risk of death" for "women obtaining legally induced abortions" "increase[s] exponentially by 38% for each additional week of gestation.” Further, eliminating PHL 4164 allows for infants who survive abortion to die without adequate "medical care" or without a second physician present to care for that infant. According to the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention children are sometimes born alive during later-term induced abortions. See FCLNY's RHA Report. International World Beyond War Declaration of Peace FCLNY Organizational Signer We seek positive and sustainable peace, founded on justice “We understand that wars and militarism make us less safe rather than protect us, that they kill, injure and traumatize adults, children and infants, severely damage the natural environment, erode civil liberties, and drain our economies, siphoning resources from life-affirming activities. We commit to engage in and support nonviolent efforts to end all war and preparations for war and to create a sustainable and just peace.” Please read and consider signing with us as an individual or organization. Sign as Individual Sign as Organization Joint Appeal for Nuclear Abolition Day FCLNY Organizational Signer Nuclear weapons pose an existential threat to humanity and the planet. The Joint Appeal was presented on September 26 to world leaders, including those participating in the UN High Level Meeting on Nuclear Disarmament, on September 26. The appeal calls on them to reduce nuclear risks and prevent nuclear war, shift nuclear weapons budgets and investments to protect the environment and meet human and economic needs, and achieve the global elimination of nuclear weapons within a strict timeframe. Other organizational signers include Asia Pacific Leadership Network, Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, International Peace Bureau, Movement for the Abolition of War (UK), and Peace Action (USA), among many others. Read the Full Appeal Building a Post-Roe Future FCLNY Organizational Co-S igner It’s time for the pro-life movement to embrace bold, new pro-family policies. We are Pro Life conservatives, moderates, and liberals united in our conviction that every human life has value- including the lives of both the unborn child and that child's mother. Read & Sign Petition

COMMUNITY ENCOUNTERS FCLNY organizes and participates in human rights events, including protests and counter protests, parades, marches, rallies, celebrations AND fundraisers. GET INVOLVED See our EVENTS! webpage for a Listing of Upcoming Community Encounters! FCLNY's 2025 Annual Spring Friend-Raiser Picnic! FCLNY's 2025 8th Annual Celebration Dinner! FCLNY's Past Annual Celebration Fundraisers! See our celebration program booklets! Please consider utilizing the services of our supporters. CLICK ON IMAGE FOR FULL PROGRAM FCLNY Participates! Pride Festival, Buffalo, NY, A Call to Women of Color, Rochester, NY , Chemical Abortion Protest, Buffalo, NY , Planned Parenthood Protest, NYC , Rehumanize International Planned Parenthood Protest, Washington, D.C. ,St. Gianna Pregnancy Center Banquet, Buffalo, NY , Peaceprints of WNY Inaugural Client Art Show, Buffalo, NY , Human Life Review Great Defender, NYC, Weaponized Drones Protests , Syracuse, N Y, CPC's Save Lives! Counter Protest, Rochester, NY, Beacon of Life Pregnancy Support Center, New Windsor, NY, CNY Solidarity Coalition Anti-Weaponized Drones Protest, Syracuse, NY, Restoration Rochester, Baby Shower, Rochester, NY, Racial Justice Protest Marches, Rochester, Buffalo, NY, Innocence Project, Stop the Executions, March for Life , Washington, DC., Women’s March , Washington, DC., Love Will End Abortion, Planned Parenthood Demonstrations , Rochester, NY., Alive from NY! Times Square Anti-Abortion Rally , NYC. , Lady Justice Parts - Anti-Abortion Counter-Protest, NYC., Compass Care Walk for Life, Rochester, NY., Bridge to Life Pregnancy Resource Center Banquet, Great Neck, NY., Judicial Process Commission 47th Annual Luncheon , Rochester, NY., Canterbury Medal of Honor Gala, Becket Fund, NYC., The Center for Disability Rights Gala, Rochester, NY., The Human Life Foundation, Defenders of Life Dinner., Champions for Justice Bash, Buffalo, NY., Children Awaiting Parents Banquet, Rochester, NY. , NOW- NY Annual Conference, Syracuse, Glen Cove, NY., World Beyond Wars- Declaration of Peace. FCLNY Signatory., Medaille College Job and Internship Fair, Buffalo, NY., Daemen College Career and Jobs Fair, Buffalo, NY., Pro-Love Women’s Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, New Orleans, LA., ECBA's Human Trafficking Seminar: Trafficking in Western New York, Buffalo, NY., M.K. Gandhi Institute for NonViolence, Medicine for Hate: Cultivating Spaces for Dialogue, Rochester, NY., Planned Parenthood & NOW-NY, Abortion Rally, and Protest, Rochester, NY., World Youth Alliance, Emerging Leaders Conference, Modern Identity Crisis, The Person & Bioethics, NYC. FCLNY Speaks! Domestic World Youth Day, Buffalo, NY, Black & Latino Pride Festival, Buffalo, NY, NYS Eucharistic Congress, Auriesville, NY, Juneteenth Festival, Buffalo, NY, Student Leadership Fairs, SUNY Brockport, Syracuse University, Stand Together for Life, Rochester, NY, Reclaiming Feminism in the 21st Century, Buffalo, NY, NY, Syracuse March for Life, Syracuse, NY, Rehumanize Rally, Washington, D.C., Roberts Wesleyan College Career and Internship Fair , Rochester, NY, Pro-Woman, Pro-Life Youth Presentations, Buffalo, NY, Law of Life Summit, Washington D.C., Medical Aid in Dying Presentation, Buffalo, NY, NY 4 LIFE, Buffalo, NY, Feminist Genius Brunch, White Plains, NY, Aroma Young Womens Group, Alden, NY, Rehumanize Conference on Life, Peace and Justice, Pro-Life Feminism Yesterday & Today, Pittsburg, PA , New York State Peri-Anesthesia Nurses Association Annual Conference, Sex Trafficking, Female Poverty & Feminism: The Quest for Equality, Pittsford, NY, Roberts Wesleyan College, Sex Trafficking, Female Poverty and Feminism: The Quest for Equality , Rochester, NY, Community Health Fair & Women’s Equality Day Rally, Rochester, NY, March4Life, The Inclusivity of the Pro- Life Movement, Albany, NY, Roberts Wesleyan College, Leadership Luncheon, Strategic Planning to Combat Human Trafficking, Rochester, NY, Queens College, Pro-Life Feminism & the Consistent Life Ethic , NYC, Pro-Life Community Leadership Breakfast, Pro-Life Feminism and the Consistent Life Ethic , Buffalo, NY, Students for Life of America Gala, Pro-Life Feminism and the Consistent Life Ethic, NYC, Gianna Molla Pregnancy Outreach Center Banquet, Feminism, Non-Violence & Equality, Buffalo, NY , 4th Annual Pro-Life Women’s Conference, The Essential Voice of Pro-Life Feminism: Revaluing Life, Connection and Compassion, New Orleans, LA, EMC Frontline, Summit for Life - A Time for Action, Pro-Life Feminism and Non-Violence, NYC, Dartmouth College, Students for Life, The Link between Sex Trafficking and Abortion, Hanover, NH, Nat’l Conf. of Democrats for Life of America, Perspectives on Recent Pro-Choice Legislation in New York, Lansing, MI, Thomas More Society’s Annual Dinner, Challenging the Validity of the RHA, Chicago, IL. , FCLNY's Women’s Equality Day Rally, Rochester, NY.

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SCHOLARLY EVENTS FCLNY organizes, hosts, moderates or attends panel discussions, debates, symposiums, conferences, lectures, book and film clubs, informal dialogue circles (Salons), book signings, art exhibits and seminars, in addition to serving as amici curiae on briefs before Courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court. GET INVOLVED FCLNY Book & Film Club FCLNY Book & Film Club History: Mom Genes by Abigail Tucker The Case Against The Abortion Pill, First Things By Rachel Roth Aldhizer Losing Our Dignity by Charles Camosy Blonde Directed by Andrew Dominic Feminism Against Progress by Mary Harrington Pity for Evil by Monica Klem and Madeleine McDowell Peace Begins in the Womb, by Marilyn Kopp Oppenheimer Directed by Christopher Nolan Battleground: The Fight for the Future of Abortion in America, produced by Cynthia Lowen The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century, by Louise Perry Rehumanize: A Vision to Secure Human Rights for All, by Amiee Murphy At Play in the Lion's Den: A Biography of Daniel Berrigan, by Jim Forest The Family Roe: An American Story, by Joshua Prager Wholistic Feminism: Healing the Identity Crisis Caused by the Women's Movement, by Leah A. Jacobson The Rights of Women: Reclaiming a Lost Vision, by Erika Bachochi Not Equal: Civil Rights Gone Wrong, by Ryan Bomberger Join FCLNY's B&F Club Facebook Group! 2025 Book & Film Club Highlights! Thank you to all who attended FCLNY's March 2025 Book and FiIm Club discussing Charles Camosy's book: Losing our Dignity: How Secularized Medicine is Undermining Fundamental Human Equality. Professor Camosy makes it clear how secularized medicine and mainstream culture discounts the humanity of so many, recognizing the value of only SOME humans, while dismissing the worth of others, ignoring- whole sale- the inherent value every human being possesses. As pro-life feminists, FCLNY recognizes the intrinsic value and dignity of every member of the human family, from conception to natural death. No one person or group of people has the right to label and condemn 'unworthy' people to death. The most basic human right is the right to live free from violent destruction. Informal Dialogue Circles Where topics related to the consistent life ethic are discussed, Including abortion, war, and capital punishment, from divergent perspectives. Confidentially Sign Up for a Salon HERE Feminists Choosing Life of New York PANEL DISCUSSIONS Good Counsel: 2025 Pro-Life Symposium Live Streamed- April 5th, Yonkers, NY FCLNY talks about the most pressing need of mothers in crises and what we can all do to help. St. Bernard's School of Theology and Ministry 1st Annual Life Issues Series Check out a couple snippets below from the event! Feat. pro-life activists including FCLNY's Executive Director Roberts Wesleyan University Students for Life Feat. FCLNY's Board President & Executive Director Check out a snippet below from the event! Feminists Choosing Life of New York WEBINARS Canceling Female Fertility LIVE Winter Webinar Featuring SUNY Professors Alisa Chase and Sarah Hamersma The Science Behind The Abortion Debate LIVE Summer Webinar Featuring Secular Pro-Life's Monica Snyder The Abortion Debate Video Praise for "The Science Behind the Abortion Debate" "This is so good I am not able to take notes fast enough!" “[The] event truly captivated my interest and my heartfelt gratitude goes to you for organizing such an engaging platform.” “Really enjoyed the event yesterday!” Reframing Agency: Feminist Perspec tives Reframing Agency, Part 1 Audio Reframing Agency, Part 2 Audio Reframing Agency, Part 2 Video An Unsafe Space: A Symposium on Contemporary Feminism An Unsafe Space: Episode I SEE CLIP OF DR. SHRAGE! Pro-Choice Feminist Scholar An Unsafe Space: Episode II SEE CLIP OF DR. MOSCHELLA! Pro-Life Feminist Scholar A bit of feedback on the FCLNY and Global Centurion Lecture Series: "Thank you for the Human Trafficking Seminar- Very Informative." "The seminar on human trafficking... was excellent." "Thanks for it." Lecture series includes Q & A, provides a general outline of the nature and scope of human trafficking in the U.S. Briefly addresses Federal and NY laws that apply to sex trafficking, and the health consequences of sex trafficking on females, and how policy and practices can better address human trafficking. Lecture explores the phenomenon of sex trafficking within the contours of modern feminism and human rights. Trafficking and Women’s and Children’s Health: Intervention, Recovery and Prevention Center For Family & Human Rights UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT DOBBS V. JACKSON WOMEN'S HEALTH ORGANIZATION 597 U.S. _ (2022) AMICUS BRIEF OF 240 WOMEN SCHOLARS AND PROFESSIONALS, AND PROLIFE FEMINIST ORGANIZATIONS IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS FILED BRIEF ALLEGHENY REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CENTER V. PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, 249 A.3d 598, (2021), AMICUS BRIEF, NEW WAVE FEMINISTS AND FEMINISTS CHOOSING LIFE OF NEW YORK FILED BRIEF Aimee Murphy's Book Signing! Rehumanize: A Vision to Secure Human Rights for All Rochester, NY Erika Bachiochi's Book Signing The Rights of Women: Reclaiming a Lost Vision Order Erika's Book Here

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