Local Albany Officials Call for Passage of Reproductive Health Act

Press Conference Set for Wednesday, 5/30, at City Hall

ALBANY, NY (05/29/2012)(readMedia)-- Albany Common Council President Carolyn McLaughlin, Albany County Executive Dan McCoy and other local elected officials will publicly express their support of the Reproductive Health Act and urge state lawmakers to make the bill law this session. The group will be joined by reproductive health care advocates also urging passage of the Reproductive Health Act.

WHO:

• Albany Common Council President Carolyn McLaughlin

• Albany County Executive Dan McCoy

• Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood President and CEO Patricia McGeown

• Family Planning Advocates of New York State President and CEO M. Tracey Brooks

• New York Civil Liberties Union Albany Chapter Director Melanie Trimble

• NARAL Pro-Choice New York Vice President for Political and Legislative Affairs Sabrina Shulman
WHAT:

PRESS CONFERENCE
WHEN: Wednesday May 30, 2012 at 12:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
WHERE: Steps of City Hall
24 Eagle Street
Albany , New York
NOTES:

The Reproductive Health Act :

- Guarantees that a woman can make her own personal, private health care decisions, especially when her health is endangered;

- Treats the regulation of abortion as an issue of public health and medical practice rather than as a potential crime;

- Affirms New Yorkers’ right to use (or refuse) contraception, regardless of what politicians in Congress decide.