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GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGNS FCLNY conducts grassroots outreach, including public forum canvassing, college and community petition and sign drives, paid billboard and radio ads / commentary. GET INVOLVED Make The Switch Now! More than half of all abortions that occur in the U.S. are performed chemically, involving two “abortion pills,” Mifepristone and Misopristol. It is currently legal in NY for retail pharmacies to mail abortion pills with a prescription via tele-health. CVS and Walgreens have already obtained their certification to dispense abortion pills. Walgreens started providing medication abortions in NY. Giant retail pharmacies are more likely to undergo the expensive certification process than independent privately owned family pharmacies. Chemical abortion kills human beings and increases health risks for women. Retail pharmaceutical sale of abortion pills is deadly for unborn children and harmful for women. As long as privately owned pharmacies continue to resist selling abortion pills we will continue to PROMOTE AND SUPPORT them. Sign Petition Here Chemical abortions (abortion pills) kill human beings and increase health risks for women. Retail pharmaceutical sale of abortion pills is deadly for unborn children and potentially harmful for women. Human beings begin their lives at conception, according to established scientific consensus. According to The Guttmacher Institute , “Medication abortions accounted for 63% of all US abortions in 2023, an increase from 53% in 2020.” It is estimated that approximately 1 million abortions occurred in 2023. Science demonstrates : Abortion pills are four times riskier than surgical abortions, and elevate the likelihood of health complications for women and girls. Medication abortions are over fifty percent (50%) more likely than surgical abortions to result in a visit to an emergency department within thirty (30) days post-abortion; impacting one in twenty (20) females. The risks of chemical abortion include hemorrhaging, fever, incomplete abortion, and other complications such as, infection, endometritis, pelvic inflammatory disease, on-going pregnancy, and uterine rupture. More than ten percent (10%) of women who undergo chemical abortions need follow up treatment for incomplete or failed abortions. The dangers of medication abortion increase as the embryo grows, and are potentially lethal for women and girls experiencing ectopic pregnancies. On average, almost forty percent (40%) of women ingesting abortion pills during their second trimester of pregnancy require surgery. NY fail s to require ultrasounds occur pre-chemical abortions, the surest, most reliable and accurate method for determining the gestational age of an unborn child or whether a pregnancy is ectopic . Further, simply dispensing chemical abortions, without adequate safeguards, also impedes the ability to detect and address any coercion that may have been exerted on a woman to abort her child. Studies show a sizable percentage of women who undergo abortion are coerced to do so by violent intimate partners and/or sex traffickers . FCLNY'S INDEPENDENT PHARMACY RESOURCE INDEX - NY FCLNY's Billboards! NYS' ERA/Prop One DISCRIMINATES Syracuse, NY IT'S NO LONGER A NY SEPARATE CRIME FOR ABUSERS TO KILL VIABLE UNBORN CHILDREN IN ATTACKS ON THIER MOTHERS Albany, NY KILLING IS NOT PROGRESSIVE Buffalo, NY Let's Grow NY Buffalo, NY STOP CALLING VIOLENCE FEMINISM ABORTION DESTROYS HUMAN LIFE Buffalo and Seneca Falls, NY NEW YORK, YOU'RE DYING. STOP KILLING Buffalo, NY FCLNY Sign-Drives 2024! Our sign-drive focuses on unborn babies, equality and peace. FCLNY's Radio Ads! Public Service Announcements (PSA) Radio Stations (WRVE-FM) 99.5 FM, (WRVO) 89.9 FM, (WRVH) 89.3 FM, (WRVN) 91.9 FM, (WRVJ) 91.7 FM, (WMVQ) 90.5 FM, (WRCU) 90.1 FM Colgate University, (WSUC) 90.5 FM SUNY Cortland, 90.7 FM, 88.9 FM, 89.9 FM, 92.3 FM, 88.3 FM, 99.6 FM, 89.3 FM, 91.1 FM, 88.7 FM, 90.9 FM, 89.9 FM, 91.7 FM, 90.9 FM, PSA I Feminists Choosing Life of New York, educating on whole-life feminism, the consistent life ethic and the availability of life-affirming resources to underserved women in New York. FCLNY.ORG PSA II Feminists Choosing Life of New York, educating on the impacts and root causes of violence against underserved women and children in New York, and raising awareness on available life-affirming resources and services for families. FCLNY.ORG PSA III "New York's abortion rate is twice the national average. Contrary to pro-choice messaging: Abortion is not health care or empowering. Studies show abortion increases women's risk of depression and anxiety. Check out Feminists Choosing Life of New York at FCLNY.ORG . PSA IV "All human beings deserve to live free from violent destruction: this is the first human right we all share, equally, from conception to natural death. That means no abortion, no unjust war, no death penalty, no assisted suicide. Violence harms us all and undermines equality. Consistency is key: human rights are built upon the solid foundation of our shared humanity. Join the growing pro-life feminist movement with Feminists Choosing Life of New York.Org and Rehumanize International.Org." PSA V “Scientific consensus demonstrates human beings begin their existence at conception. Abortion ends the lives of children. Pregnancy involves two separate human beings. Let’s increase helping vulnerable pregnant women. Paid For By Feminists Choosing Life of New York, FCLNY.ORG PSA VI "Happy Mother’s Day to all Moms in this beautiful month of May! Elizabeth Cady Stanton, an architect of the Woman’s Movement once said; “If we [as women] were free and developed, healthy in body and mind, as we should be under natural conditions, our motherhood would be our glory. That function gives women such wisdom and power as no male ever can possess" Join the growing pro-life feminist movement with Feminists Choosing Life of New York.Org" PSA VII Chemical abortion kills human beings and increases health risks for women. The dangers of medication abortion include hemorrhaging and pelvic inflammatory disease. Ingesting telehealth, mail order abortion pills without an in-person appointment further threatens women. Studies show violent partners and sex traffickers coerce a sizable percentage of women into abortions. Join the growing pro-life feminist movement at Feminists Choosing Life of New York. Org. To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. FCLNY's PUBLIC FORUM CANVASSING DRIVE Connecting With People One on One QUESTIONNAIRE CAMPAIGN ON NY ABORTION POLICY & WOMEN'S NEEDS. Questionnaire Click Here FCLNY's Public Awareness Campaign on NY Abortion Policy & Women's Needs FCLNY is looking to better understand the public's knowledge of NY abortion policy and women's needs, especially poor women facing unplanned pregnancies. We want to more effectively educate the public on NY abortion policy, including its impacts on women and children. Inaccuracies, confusion and gaps in knowledge concerning NY's abortion policy appear rampant within NY's body politic. New Yorkers deserve an accurate and comprehensive understanding of the policies that impact them and their families. FCLNY also wants to gain more insight regarding the public's understanding of the most pressing, unmet needs of women and children in NY. We want to better educate on these needs, through partnerships and tailored projects. Join us on a canvass! Email info@fclny.org Petition Drive Against Capital Punishment Read & Sign Here All Black Lives Matter. In every circumstance. No matter what. Click on the title above to download and print the FULL REPORT For Signs message us at info@fclny.org Systemic racism is embedded into the very fabric of American society; no institution is left unscathed. In fact, our treatment of black lives exemplifies the adage, “the more things change, the more they remain the same.” Our country was built on the labor of African slaves, and the abolition of slavery merely changed the terminology of the systems oppressing of black lives. Systemic racism remains entrenched in our criminal justice system, communities, healthcare system, and schools, producing severe racial disparities across each sector. Some people contend that poverty, not racism, is the driving force of inequality across racial groups. While racism and poverty certainly overlap and are interconnected, poverty alone does not account for the racial discrimination and disproportionately negative outcomes that people of color experience in America. Even when socioeconomic status and other confounding variables are controlled for, racial disparities remain. FCLNY's report, All Black Lives Matter, provides an historical account of systemic racism, contextualizing contemporary racial disparities by diving into America’s dark past and illuminating the systems of oppression that are preventing black Americans from realizing the rights and quality of life they are afforded as human members of our society. By learning our history and developing deeper understandings of systemic racism, we will be better equipped to identify and address racism in our daily lives, serving as anti-racist allies in this nationwide quest for racial justice. Statistics & Systemic Racism Click on the title above to download and print the FULL INFOGRAPHIC Reproduction & Systemic Racism Click on the title above to read this section of the FULL REPORT What You Can Do! OBTAIN SOME SIGNS! Signs are free! But please consider donating. Share with your friends and family! All signs will be shipped free of charge! To learn more about institutional racism and its effects LEARN MORE

PRO - WOMAN, PRO - LIFE. Feminists Choosing Life of New York (FCLNY) is a state-wide human rights coalition that embraces and promotes whole life feminism and the consistent life ethic. FCLNY's public advocacy draws connections between the root causes of violence, inequality and the social forces that dehumanize. DONATE NOW FCLNY Supports the Consistent Life Ethic We oppose publicly sanctioned lethal violence including violent military action, abortion, assisted suicide and capital punishment, and educate on the impacts and root causes including poverty, domestic violence, sex trafficking, and racism . FCLNY advocates for peaceful solutions. We accomplish our goals through SEVEN bold initiatives: • Community Encounters • Scholarly Events • Film Involvement • Media Outreach • Grassroots Campaigns • Projects that Empower • Legislative Advocacy Procreative Weekday Viewing Dates/Times Tuesday-Friday 10 AM - 3 PM (closed for Thanksgiving, 11/27-11/28) Register for PROCREATIVE Here! FCLNY is reaching millions by radio and podcast! National Public Radio 00:00 / 00:15 WTBQ 00:00 / 00:30 iHeart- Syracuse 00:00 / 00:16 WOLF FM 00:00 / 00:31 iHeartRadio- Albany 00:00 / 00:16 iCatholic Radio 00:00 / 00:30 WHUD 00:00 / 00:31 The BEAR 00:00 / 00:31 iHeart Radio - Binghamton 00:00 / 00:31 Listen to FCLNY on the Dear Jane Podcast! S6E7: Can Feminists be Pro-Life? Watch Dear Jane on Youtube HERE Make The Switch Now! More than half of abortions in the U.S. now involve two “abortion pills,” Mifepristone and Misopristol. It is currently legal in NY for retail pharmacies to mail abortion pills with a prescription via tele-health. CVS and Walgreens have already obtained their certification to dispense abortion pills. Walgreens started providing medication abortions in NY. Giant retail pharmacies are more likely to undergo the expensive certification process than independent privately owned family pharmacies. Chemical abortion kills human beings and increases health risks for women. Retail pharmaceutical sale of abortion pills is deadly for unborn children and harmful for women. As long as privately owned pharmacies continue to resist selling abortion pills we will continue to PROMOTE AND SUPPORT them. Sign Petition Here FCLNY'S INDEPENDENT PHARMACY RESOURCE INDEX - NY A Post-Roe world needs you! FCLNY signed the statement, and you can too! Sign Here Building a Post-Roe Future The Pro Life movement has always recognized the importance of supporting women facing unplanned pregnancies. 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. We believe that our society should prioritize the needs of both, and that ultimately this can only be achieved by significant changes in public policy including expanded child tax credits paid parental leave flexible work hours affordable child care prenatal child support laws Impacts of NY's Reproductive Health Act (RHA) CLICK HERE FOR ANALYSIS Click on the image below to watch the video FCLNY'S BROCHURE DOWNLOAD 1/6 For Printed Copies Message us info@fclny.org HEAR PROFESSOR TERESA COLLETT SPEAK ABOUT CORE FEMINIST ISSUES Listen, Part I Listen, Part II WOMEN'S ALLIANCE AGAINST VIOLENCE (WAAV)/TMS VICTIMS CHALLENGE NEW YORK'S REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ACT IN HISTORIC LAWSUIT Click Here to See WAAV Press Coverage on the RHA Lawsuit Relevant portions of the NY RHA legal challenge are currently on appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The rights of viable unborn children, presented by the NY RHA lawsuit, are hopefully one step closer to adjudication by the U.S. Supreme Court. We hope the lawsuit will land squarely in the hands of the same U.S. Supreme Court Justices that overturned Roe vs. Wade (1973) in Dobbs vs. Jackson (2022). Stay Tuned! ORGANIZE, AGITATE, EDUCATE FCLNY implements its purposes through Community Encounters, Scholarly Events, Film Involvement, Media Outreach, Grassroots Campaigns, Projects that Empower and Legislative Advocacy. READY? SET GO! LEARN MORE GO! FCLNY DEPENDS ON BROAD PUBLIC SUPPORT TO EXIST. DONATE NOW COMMUNITY ENCOUNTERS LEARN MORE SCHOLARLY EVENTS LEARN MORE FILM INVOLVEMENT LEARN MORE MEDIA OUTREACH LEARN MORE GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGNS LEARN MORE PROJECTS THAT EMPOWER LEARN MORE LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY LEARN MORE GALLERY UPCOMING EVENTS 2024! EVENTS! REGISTRATION December 3 Human Life Alliance Gala Vadnais Heights, MN January 11th Human Trafficking Awareness Day November 15th - December 14th FCLNY's PROCREATIVE ART EXHIBITION Rochester, NY

MEDIA OUTREACH FCLNY develops social media campaigns and publishable commentary for print and online news outlets, including educational opinion essays. FCLNY also appears on TV and radio and in diverse print and online platforms. All of our media exposure listed on our media outreach webpage is EARNED MEDIA. GET INVOLVED FCLNY ESSAY EXCLUSIVES Suffragists Were Not Generally Supporters of Abortion Democrat and Chronicle N ew York should not enshrine transgender rights for minors. Parents need a say Star-Gazette , The Leader , The Poughkeepsie Journal , The Daily Messenger , The Ithica Journal , The Press & Sun-Bulletin , Democrat & Chronicle , Utica Observer Dispatch , Times Herald Record, The Journal News New York's Equal Rights Amen dment will Deprive Parents of their Role Buffalo News Logi c on Abortion Law Runs Counter to Gun Law Democrat & Chronicle Break the Binary Political Divide on Deat h Democrat & Chronicle 'Sound of Freedom' Details Unseen Horrors Democrat & Chronicle Euthanasia El Ignaciano Physician Assisted Suicide Hurts the Dying and Their Caregivers Albany Times Union Re-thinking Dying and End-of-Life C are The Wellsville Sun The As sisted Suicide Debate is Back in the Spotl ight Artvoice When Inconvenience is a Death Sentence Olean Times Herald The Gift of Death Adirondack Daily Enterprise Similarities in Rest ricting Gun, Abortion Industries Lockport Journal , Niagara Gazette Providin g Free Abortion Pills is Destructive Democrat & Chronicle Abortion Pill Distribution Harms Unborn, Mothers Buffalo News Enlist NY Abortion Providers To Stop Human Trafficking Syracuse Post Standard Revisit Planned Parenthood's In Control Democrat and Chronicle (newsprint only) Feedback: Readers Weigh in on Pregn ancy Resource Center Coverage Rochester City Newspaper Consider History When Thinking of Racism and Abortion Democrat & Chronicle (newsprint only) Other Optio ns NY Daily News Budget Helps Impoverished Pregnant Women EAB Peace: Investigating the Meaning of the Consistent Life Ethic During War Time Buffalo Latino Village (newsprint only) Old Fight is New Again for Unborn Albany Times Union Advances in Science, Medicine Lower the Age of Fetal Viability Buffalo News Coming of Age during Roe v. Wade: Women Tell Us how They Saw the Moment Then and Now Washington Post Many Founding Mother's Were Against Abortion Auburn Citizen Adding Women to Draft Runs Counter to Principles of Peace Democrat & Chronicle (Newsprint Only) Women Deserve Full Information About Abortion Effects Washington Examiner Passing SUNY Abortion Bill Would Be A Mistake The Democrat & Chronicle (Newsprint Only) Destroying the Hyde Amendment Could Spell Disaster For Women USA Today Network Bill Would Tip Scales Against Pregnancy Resource Centers The Buffalo News Violence, Including Capital Punishment Leaves Us Broken The Democrat & Chronicle Viable unborn children can live without their mothers — our Constitution protects them USA Today NY Abortion Law Does not Protect Women Lockport Union-Sun & Journal New York Fails to Protect the Most Vulnerable Among Us: Unborn Children The Democrat & Chronicle New York Should not Use Medical Resources on Abortions During Pandemic The Buffalo News Why is New York Giving Abortion a Pass During Coronavirus Crisis? Syracuse Post Standard Viewpoint: Sides Agree on Denouncing Commercial Surrogacy The Albany Times Union Letter: On Legalized Surrogacy, Just Follow the Money The Albany Times Union Planned Parenthood Crying Wolf on Titles X Funding The Democrat & Chronicle Treating a Fetus as a Person New York Times Viewpoint: RHA — Dangerous, Dehumanizing, and Anti-Woman Albany Times Union The Reproductive Health Act is Extreme Pro-Abortion Legislation New York Daily News Don’t Expand Abortion in New York Syracuse Post Standard New York's Abortion Laws City Newspaper Another Voice: Reproductive Health Act Sets Women Back Buffalo News Don't let NY Repeal Abortion Safeguards For Women, Babies Syracuse Post Standard Calling on the State Senate to Block Bills Expanding Abortion Niagara Gazette Proposed Budget's Changes To Abortion Law Are Extreme Albany Times Union Feminists Choosing Life Will Stand For Women’s Health On Women’s Equality Day Democrat & Chronicle Rights Should Apply in Utero, Too Albany Times Union Will the NY State Senate Protect Abortion Rights? The Gothamist Abortion Multiplies Tragedy of War Auburn Citizen Don't Leave Out Pro-life Feminists The Auburn Citizen, Will Walk's Message Truly Be Inclusive? Finger Lakes Times Abortion Is A Cancer To The Feminist Politic The Christian Post FCLNY PRES S COVERAGE N.Y. Catholics warn Equal Rights Amendment on this year’s ballot could undercut parental rights Catholic Review Bishops Urge Voters To Reject Proposed Amendment They Call ‘Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing’ OSV News NY bishops urge rejection of 'wolf in sheep’s clothing' Equal Rights Amendment American Catholic Tribune NY Catholics warn Equal Rights Amendment on this year's ballot could undercut parental rights The Boston Pilot NY bishops urge voters to reject proposed amendment they call ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’ The Record Newspaper New Yorkers Will Vote on Making Abortion an 'Equal Right' in State's Constitution Catholic News Agency More Campuses are Requiring Access to Abortion Pill: "Women are Being Exploited" The Washington Stand Pro-Lifers Say New Law Lacks Safeguards, Support for Families The College Fix We Can’t Allow Oppressive Systems to Co-opt Abolitionist Language Prism Policy Proposals for Building a Post-Roe Future Newsweek Will We Keep Marching? On Roe's 50th Anniversary, Abortion Opponents Reach a Crossroads The New York Times The 2023 Manhattan Witness for Life Featured Egging, Halloween Masks & Creepy Pope Costumes — But That Didn’t Deter Us SFLA Blog Priest Found Guilty of Blocking Entrance to Abortion Clinic, Faces Prison Time Catholic News Agency They're not Religious. But They Oppose Abortion Christianity Today Town Rescinds Abortion Zoning Law Manhasset Press Anti-Abortion Feminism. How is this even a thing? Radical Philosophy For New York's Anti-Abortion Veterans, Roe's Fall Is Not a Full Victory The New York Times In New York, Anti-Abortion Centers Outnumber Abortion Clinics The New York Times Roe vs. Wade Decision News 12, The Bronx Historic Roe v. Wade Ruling a Momentous Day for Many in Rochester for Different Reasons Democrat & Chronicle How will Supreme Court Ruling Affect Abortion Laws in NY? Democrat & Chronicle Weekend News Brief WBTA Pro-life Groups and Politicians Celebrate Supreme Court Decision Overturning Roe v. Wade NY Daily News Leaked Abortion Opinion Draft Add Fuel To The Fire Of Political Debate Over Roe vs. Wade Democrat & Chronicle Viable Unborn Children Can Live Without Their Mothers- Our Constitution Protects Them The Human Life Review , News Break , Daily Magazine Actress Colin Speaks at Feminists Choosing Life Event Finger Lakes Daily News , News Break Inside the Anti-Abortion Movement's 'Feminist' Quest to End the Pill Jezebel Inspiring women: Celebrating their legacy Finger Lakes Times New York Bill Would Force All Public Colleges to Offer Free Abortions Life Site News New York bill would require taxpayer-funded medical abortions be available to all students at public colleges DNYUZ New York Introduces Bill To Offer Free Abortion Pills To State University Students On Campus Activist Mommy New York Bill Would Force SUNY Schools to Provide Abortion Pill on Campuses Live Action Proposed Bill Would Require SUNY Schools to Provide Abortion Pills on Campuses Rochester First As Supreme Court Shifts Under Trump, Cuomo Vows to Expand Abortion Rights The New York Times Governor Cuomo Support Radical Abortion Agenda NewsMax Gov. Cuomo Wants to Make Abortion a Constitutional Right in NY Family Life The Reproductive Health Act: Fact v. Fiction New Yorkers For Life Will New York Have the Most Liberal Abortion Laws in the World? National Catholic Register Delusional Andrew Cuomo Wants to Expand the 'Right' to Kill Your Unborn Child Even Further The Washington Examiner New York Gov. Cuomo: No Budget Unless Abortion Made Legal for any Reason until Birth The Christian Post NY Gov. Cuomo Refuses to Sign State Budget until Lawmakers Approve Bill Legalizing Abortion for Any Reason until Birth The Blaze, Fearless News New York State to Expand State Abortion Law to Allow Some Third-Trimester Procedures The Washington Times New York Governor Cuomo Ties State Budget to Passage of Aggressive Abortion Bill The New American New York's Radical Abortion Law Repeals Protections for Wanted Babies, Too PJ Media The State of New York Rules that Women Can Get Later Term Abortions for any Reason, and that Killing an Unborn Child is not Murder Shoe-bat Roe Anniversary Protests, 2019 The Consistent Life Ethic Blog Trafficking and Women’s and Children’s Health: Intervention, Recovery and Prevention Center For Family & Human Rights RHA: How Far is Too Far? The Queens Village Republican Club, America's Oldest, 1875 Thousands To Come To Seneca Falls On Saturday To Continue Push For Women's Rights Democrat & Chronicle Will Women's Marches Include 'Pro-Life' Feminists? Syracuse Post-Standard FCLNY TELEVISION AND ONLINE NEWS APPEARANCES Rochester Anti-Abortion Advocates Highlight Alternatives Spectrum News Advocates Rally in Downtown Rochester on 51st Anniversary of Roe V. Wade. TV News, Channel 13 Response to Overturning of Roe V. Wade, One Year Later TV News, Channel 10 New York Abortion Bill Headed for Governor's Desk has Constitutionality Questioned. Spectrum News Local Organizations React to Supreme Court Decision to Expand Access to Abortion Pill TV News, Channel 13 The Future of NY Abortion Pill Access After Federal Court Rulings Rochester First Abortion continues to be hot topic on the 50th anniversary of Roe V. Wade TV News, Channel 13 The Impacts of Living in a Post-Roe America NBC News What Will It Truly Mean to be "Pro-Life" after Abortion is Banned in many American States NPR, WXXI Local, Regional Reaction to Roe v. Wade Getting Overturned by SCOTUS On-line News Video, Finger Lakes 1.com, NY Planned Parenthood of Central & Western NY Expanding in Anticipation of Roe v. Wade On-line News Video, Finger Lakes 1.com, NY Local Reaction to President Biden's Executive Order Signing TV News, Channel 10 NYS Lawmakers Vote on Gun, Abortion Measures TV News, Channel 13 Congressman Joe Morelle Hosts Town Hall on Women's Health and Abortion Rights TV News, Channel 13 'Stay Out of My House!': Just Part of the Reaction to the Supreme Court Decision on Abortion TV News, Channel 10 Overturning of Roe v. Wade Causes Whirlwind of Emotions in Western New York TV News, Channel 13 Officials React to Scotus Roe v. Wade Leak WIVB.com , YouTube , Abortion Divide: Reaction from the Pro-choice, Pro-life Movements TV News, Channel 7 Hochul Announces $35 Million to Support Abortion Providers TV News, Channel 10 Abortion Providers in Western NY Prepare to Expand Care to Women From Other States TV News, Channel 13 Planned Parenthood Rally Held At Parcel Five TV News, Channel 10 Supreme Court Leak Ignites Local Roe v. Wade Debate TV News, Channel 13 Pro-life and Pro-Choice Groups React to Roe v. Wade Draft Opinion TV News, Channel 10 Planned Parenthood Calls Possible Abortion Overturn 'Controlling,' Others Say It Will Re-Humanize Rochester First Both Sides In The Abortion Debate React To The Court Leak TV News Channel 7 Advocacy Groups In WNY Weigh In On Supreme Court Draft Opinion TV News Channel 4 A Clash of Movements Spectrum News Demonstrations: Women’s March TV News, Channel 10 The proposed bill would require SUNY schools to provide abortion pills on campuses TV News Channels 8, 4 Opposition to the Reproductive Health Act Rochester First. Com, News Channels 8 & 10 Demonstrators Gather in Rochester to Protest Kavanaugh Nomination News Partners NBC, News Channel 10 FCLNY RADIO APPEARANCES An Interview with Carol Crossed News Radio WHAM 1180 Early Pro-Life Feminists PSA WTBQ Radio, iCatholic Radio Pro-Life, Pro-Woman PSA iCatholic Radio The Latest on the Abortion Pill Family Life Radio Special Feature- Feminists Choosing Life- At the Washington March Family Life Radio A Conversation Discussing the Legal Landscape of a Post-Roe America. Just Love Discussing the Future of Abortion in America: Connections. WXXI Radio, NPR What Will It Truly Mean To Be Pro-Life After Abortion Banned In Man y Am e rican States? NPR, WXXI NY Limited Pregnancy Centers Study Ava Maria Radio Discussing New York's Proposed Reproductive Health Act: Connections WXXI Radio, NPR 30 Issues: Reproductive Health Act, Brian Lehrer Show WNYC Radio, 93.9 FM FCLNY COVERAGE: BLOGS, NEWSLETTERS, PODCASTS AND OTHER ONLINE PLATFORMS Conversations With Cardinal Dolan Catholic Faith Network Dear Jane Podcast: Can Feminists Be Pro-Life? Youtube, Spotify , Audacity , Apple Podcasts Life Brings Hope that Death Cannot: Wake Up NY! The Whole-Life Democrat Blog Peace & Life: More on Pharmacy Chains Becoming Abortion Facilities Consistent Life Network Peace & Life: Family Pharmacies Consistent Life Network Juneteenth 2023 - Special Edition WhatsNUrs Talk Show Better Arguments, Diverse Perspectives The Minimize Project Poor, Homeless, AND Pregnant WEDIGNIFY PODCAST - 058 FCLNY SOCIAL MEDIA INSTAGRAM TWITTER FACEBOOK TIKTOK YOUTUBE FCLNY SPECIAL EDITION PRINT AND ONLINE NEWS COVERAGE Signage Stop Calling Violence Feminism: Abortion Kills Human Bein gs Conservative Supreme Court Majority Appears Inclined to Scale Back Abortion Rights ABC News Suprem e Court Abortion Case: 5 Key Moments from Oral Arguments Fox News Dueling Rallies as U.S. Supreme Court Confronts Abortion Rights Case Reuters Protests Outside Supreme Court Ahead of Abortion Rights Arguments WTOP News Not Your Mother's Pro-Life Protest WORLD Supreme Court Appears Open to Upholding Mississippi Abortion Restriction New York Times Protesters at Supreme Court Square Off Over Abortion Washington Post Doctors' scrubs and fetal photos: Protesters and counter protesters gather as Supreme Court debates major abortion case Business Insider Amicus Brief: Dobbs vs. Jackso n Brief of 240 Wom en Scholars and Professionals, and ProLife F eminists Organiz atio ns. FCLNY Lead Organizational Amici Why Supreme Court Abortion Decision Empowers Women Fox News The Controversial Economics of Abor tion Law Wall Street Journal Black Women Have Muc h at Stake in States Where Abortion Access May Vanish KHN How Changes in Abortion Law Could Impact Community Health NPR Some Abortion Opponents M ake Economic Arguments. They’re In for a Fight New York Times Anti-Abortion Activists at Supreme Court Cite an Unlikely Authority for Overturning Roe v. Wade: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Washington Post 'Relic of the past': Why Women Don't Need Roe v. Wade to Flourish Now USA Today Mississippi Argues that Abortions are no Longer Necessary Because Women can have Successful Careers Now Fortune Friends of the Court Part II The Human Life Review We Read All the Amicus Briefs in Dobbs So You Don’t Have To Scotus Blog ROE AND CASEY WERE GRIEVOUSLY WRONG AND SHOULD BE OVERRULED – COOPER ET AL Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy A Split Dividing Anti-Abortion Feminists Politico Why Hundreds of Scientists are Weighing in on a High-Stakes US Abortion Case Nature Some Other Noteworthy Amicus Briefs in Dobbs Abortion Case National Review Dobbs: The Court’s Historic Moment (Part 2) National Review Amicus Brief of 240 Women Scholars and Professionals et al. Center for Arizona Policy Five Reasons Why the Supreme Court Should Overturn Roe v. Wade Life News Overturn Roe v. Wade? Why It Might Happen This Time CBN News Female Scholars to SCOTUS: Abortion Deserves No Credit for Women’s Success Live Action FCLNY PRESS RELEASES: Grassroots Feminist Voices International Art Exhibition Showcases Pro-Life Feminism Feminists Adamantly Oppose Passage of New York's Proposed 'Equal Rights Amendment' One Year Post- Dobbs , New York has Regressed, Feminists Argue Feminists Stand Against Abortion Pill Access Abortion Pills are Anti-Women. Feminists Support Their Ban New York Legislators Fail to Tim ely Notify Broad Public of Open Budgetary Meeting (See also on FCLNY's blog ) Writers & Scholars Speak On Sex Culture and the Future of Intimacy After Dobbs NY Feminists Celebrate Roe's Overturn and Bolster Efforts to Assist Women and Children Women Deserve Better Than S470/A5499 Governor Cuomo's Alliances with Abortion Related Special Interests Should also be Investigated Pro-Life Feminist Groups and Hundreds of Women Scholars and Professionals Expose Lie that Women Need Abortion for Equality Dobbs Amicus Filed by Pro-Life Feminist Groups and 240 Women Scholars and Professionals Exposes the Lie that Women Need Abortion for Equality High Court Decides to Confront Roe v. Wade Feminist Scholars Meet to Discuss Critical Women's Issues Landmark Lawsuit Challenges New York's Reproductive Health Act Feminists Choosing Life Launches Anti-Racism Campaign Prosecutor For Late Term Abortionist, Kermit Gosnell To Speak At The Little Theater Feminists Oppose the Reproductive Health Act Feminists Oppose Abortion Expansion in NYS Budget Feminists Applaud the NYS Senate Health Committee for Defeating the Reproductive Health Act and Oppose Its Passage as a Hostile Amendment Liberal Feminists Oppose Reproductive Health Act and RHA-like Bills Pending Across the US RHA Contains Gosnell-like Components Feminist Divide Over Issue of Abortion FCLNY and Rochester Community Betterment Join Forces on Women's Equality Day The Women's Alliance Against Violence An Initiative of the Thomas More Society created to challenge S tate laws which incentivize violence against women and childr en, including children in utero. FCLNY Serves as an Educational Arm of the Women's Alliance Against Violence. PRINT/ON-LINE/RADIO Why Andrew Cuomo Faces Lawsuit Over New York's Abortion Law Newsweek Lawsuit Alleges New York Abortion Policy Harms Victims of Domestic Violence The National Review ‘Devastating’: Lawsuit Against New York Claims 2019 Abortion Bill Enables Domestic Violence Daily Wire Victims Of Domestic Violence Sue NY State, Say Pro-Abortion Law Not Constitutional LifeSite News Women File Lawsuit to Overturn Radical New York Law That Legalized Abortions Up to Birth Life News HOT TOPIC: Victims Challenge New York’s Reproductive Health Act in Historic Lawsuit (Thomas More Society) The Human Life Review Class action Lawsuit Filed Against New York’s Governor Over Radical Abortion Bill Live Action Landmark Lawsuit Challenges New York's Reproductive Health Act News 69 WFMZ, Yahoo Finance , Associated Press Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against NY Governor, Other State Officials Over Reproductive Health Act The New American Lawsuit Says NY Abortion Law Makes Women More Vulnerable to Domestic Abuse - Here's Why CBN News Lawsuit Accuses NY Abortion Law Of Helping Domestic Abusers Daily Caller Gov. Cuomo faces Lawsuit Over New York’s Controversial Abortion Law USA Herald New York Sued Over ‘Dangerous Ambiguities’ In Liberal Abortion Law The Christian Post Federal Lawsuit Challenges New York's Abortion Law NPR: WRVO , WBFO , WSKG , WSHU Suing NY Reproductive Heath (sic) Act Relevant Radio New York’s Controversial Reproductive Health Act Today's Living Hope Historic Lawsuit Challenging New York's Reproductive Health Act Winds of Ch ange, Episode #5578 RADIO

Photo by: Defense Visual Information Distribution THE PRO-LIFE FEMINIST FCLNY publishes and distributes quarterly e-newsletters and periodic e-updates regarding its mission driven activities. Our newsletters and updates highlight FCLNY's educational efforts and calls to action in each of its SEVEN purpose inspired endeavors: Community Encounters, Scholarly Events, Film Involvement, Media Outreach, Grassroots Campaigns, Projects That Empower and Legislative Advocacy. Stay in The Loop Yes, Susan B. Anthony was Pro-Life Published in the Wall Street Journal Read the article here Suffrage Movement ~ Historical Background Restellism/Abortion Racism "Suffragists believed that greater independence of women would eliminate or at least greatly reduce poverty, rape, and prostitution. They believed these evils produced women’s desire to abort their children. Women’s enfranchisement would provide education and employment opportunities, change divorce laws related to drunken husbands, and take away the stigma of single motherhood. Having access to the vote would ‘scourge the evil of abortion’. " Susan B. Anthony was way ahead of the curve in propelling the nation's advancements in human rights for all human beings. ​ Her newspaper, The Revolution, loudly and consistently supported suffrage for black women and condemned racism. Read more Read more The Pro-Life Feminist E-Newsletter Click on i mage to view and arrows to scroll 2024 November November October October October October October October October September September August July July July July July June June June May May May May May 2023 Annual Highlights E-Newsletters December December December November November November November November November October October October September September August July July July July June June June June May May 2022 Annual Highlights E-Newsletters December November October October September 2022 August August August June June June May May April March March February February February January January 2021 Annual Highlights E-Newsletters December November November October September August July July July June June June April April February February January January 2020 Annual Highlights E-Newsletters December December October August August July March February January 2019 Annual Highlights E-Newsletters October October September August May April March February January 2018 November November November October September August August June June May May May May April

SISTER COALITIONS FCLNY's Sister Coalitions recognize all or one or more components of the Consistent Life Ethic The Consistent Life Network, Inc, embraces and promotes every aspect of the Consistent Life Ethic. FCLNY is a long-standing member of the Consistent Life Network, Inc. MISSION STATEMENT OF THE CONSISTENT LIFE NETWORK, INC. ​ We are committed to the protection of life, which is threatened in today's world by war, abortion, poverty, racism, the death penalty and euthanasia. We believe that these issues are linked under a 'consistent ethic of life'. We challenge those working on all or some of these issues to maintain a cooperative spirit of peace, reconciliation, and respect in protecting the unprotected. ​ ​ For a full listing of over 200 member organizations, visit the Consistent Life Network here . The following is a partial listing of organizations that focus on one or more principles of the Consistent Life Ethic. ​ AGAPE Community All Our Lives American Association of Pro Life Obstetricians & Gynecologists American Friends Service Committee American Life League American Solidarity Party Americans United for Life Amici, C.PP.S., Garner, NC And Then There Were None Back from the Brink Brian Muha Foundation Buddhist Vihara Society Canticle Farm Casa De Paz y Bien Catholic Mobilizing Network Center For Action and Contemplation Choice42 CNY Solidarity Coalition Conservatives Concer ned About the Death Penalty Defend Life Democrats for Life of America Durham Mennonite Church Embrace Grace Equal Justice USA Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Expectant Mother Care Frontline Feminism and Nonviolence Studies Association Feministas de la Nueva Ola Feminists for Life of America Feminists for Nonviolent Choices Global Centurion Guiding Star Project Heartbeat International Human Coalition Human Life Alliance Human Life In ter national Human Life Review I am Pro- Life, Focus on the Family Intercommunity Justice & Peace Center International Life Services ​ Issues4 Life Jonah Ho use Jubilee Partners Justice and Peace Commission Live Action Life Issues Institute Life Matters Worldwide Love Will End Abortion Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns Maternity and Early Childhood Foundation Meehan Reports on Life Issues M.K. Gandhi Institute for N onViolence National Association of Pro Life Nurses National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penal ty New Wave Feminists New York Alliance Against Assisted Suicide New Yorkers fo r Life Not Dead Yet PAX Christi USA Disabilities Perspectives Corporation Pharmacists for Life Physicians for Compassionate Care Physicians for Life Priests for Life Pro Black Pro Life Pro-Life Alliance of Gays and Lesbians ( PLAGAL) Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU) PROLIFE Across AMERICA Pro-Life Pare nts Pro-Life San Fra nsisco Project Rachel Raleigh Menno nite Church Reach the Children Rehumanize International Right to Life National Right to Life New York Save the Storks Secular ProLife Silent No More Awareness Campaign Sojourners Students for Life of America Syracuse Peace Co uncil The Thomas More Society The Radiance Foundation WholeLife Movemen t Woodc rest World Youth Allian ce World Beyon d War 8th Day Center for Justice 40 Days for Life

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Please also see FCLNY’s Instagram and Facebook FAQ hashtags. The hashtags listed are linked to FCLNY's Instagram. #fclnyfaq #fclnyfaqpoverty #fclnyfaqabortionoppression #fclnyfaqchild #fclnyfaqsexconsenttopregnancy #fclnyfaqcontrolwomen #fclnyfaqlatetermabortion #fclnyfaqfeminism #fclnyfaqpersonhood #fclnyfaqregret #fclnyfaqfostercare #fclnyfaqforcedbirth #fclnyfaqoverpopulation #fclnyfaqsba ​ ​ 1. Question What is pro-life feminism? ​ Answer Pro-life feminism is a global movement that promotes the whole personhood of women with solutions that uphold the fundamental dignity of all humanity, including the humanity of our children. Guiding our mission is our adherence to the recognition of the fundamental rights and dignity of every member of the human family. Pro-life feminist issues include: Political economic, social and spiritual freedom Freedom from violence, coercion, sexual exploitation, and objectification Access to education and healthcare, including education related to physical health and well being Freedom to work and receive a fair wage Freedom to pursue goals and have children Flexibility in work/family life ​ ​ ​ 2. Question How can you be a feminist and be pro-life? ​ Answer A. We are feminists because we recognize that women are at their best when they defend the weak and the vulnerable and those in need. Abortion kills the smallest and most defenseless humans. It harms women by making us into aggressors toward our own children. We oppose abortion because we care about both women and their irreplaceable children. Our position is to advocate for non-violent solutions for both mother and child. The founders of the feminist movement all opposed abortion in the strongest terms. Pro-life feminism actually preceded pro-choice feminisms and has been here ever since. It was only in the 1960’s that the National Organization of Women (NOW) incorporated abortion into their version of feminist goals and intertwined the idea of abortion and feminism in the minds of the public. Renowned feminists against abortion include Alice Paul (author of the Equal Rights Amendment), Graciela Olivarez (charter member of the National Organization of Women) and Fannie Lou Hamer (woman’s rights and civil rights leader). ​ ​ ​ ​ 3. Question Why do you focus on abortion? Why aren’t you talking about ____? Answer FCLNY devotes a significant amount of attention to the subject of abortion for several reasons. Elective abortion is the leading cause of death of humans in the world and it’s avoidable. Abortion is the most hotly contested human rights issue of our time. Misconception and untruths have largely shaped the abortion debate. The public is largely uneducated about abortion. Abortion is central to discussions on feminism As understood through the consistent life ethic, abortion is a root cause of many of our social ills. FCLNY is part of the Consistent Life Network (CLN). CLN members are committed to non-violence and oppose government sanctioned lethal violence including war, abortion, capital punishment, and euthanasia. To best utilize time and resources, CLN members often focus on one area of the consistent life ethic. While FCLNY does occasionally address events in the news, we primarily focus on the discussion of principles. News events are ever changing, whereas principles are foundational to attaining social stability and peace. ​ ​ ​ 4. Question Is FCLNY taking steps to help women facing unplanned pregnancies and children who are already born? Answer Because our society has been attempting to solve problems through the violence of abortion for decades, there is a great deal of work to do and change to facilitate. This has always been true when any progress in the area of human rights has occurred. You can look at our recent post containing 10 bills FCLNY is urging NYS legislators to consider to give you an idea of programs we lobby for. Please also see FCLNY’s guides containing information on resources available to women across New York State. These include our Pregnancy Resource Center Directory , Bed & Bread Resource Index , and Survivors of DVAST Resource Index . We recognize the tremendous work that needs to be done but the injustice of abortion must be corrected in order for our society to begin to properly address the needs of families facing unexpected pregnancies. ​ ​ 5. Question What about a woman's right to bodily autonomy and women who do not want to be pregnant? My body, my choice. Answer In the overwhelming majority of cases, pregnancy is the result of consensual sex, meaning two people freely engage in the act that is known to potentially make new, completely dependent human children. In the law, parental obligations do not arise from continuing and ongoing consent, but from an affirmative duty to care for one’s own children. For example, parents can’t decide one day to consent to feeding their children but remove this consent the next day. If the child starves because the parents withheld food, this is the parents fault. Likewise with the pre-born child, the parents have unique responsibilities to the child they created, including the responsibility not to harm them. Children do not place themselves in their mother’s womb and do not ask to be dependent. They are needy by nature and these needs and demands are known before conception. Women who do not wish to be pregnant can use their own agency to decide with whom and when to have sex and whether or not to take precautions against the conception of a child before a child exists. After the child exists it makes no sense to blame, punish, and kill the child for their parents decision which caused their existence and dependence in the first place. The vast majority of women who get abortions do not cite “not wanting to be pregnant” as their main reason for terminating. They cite reasons that have to do with after the baby is to be born, like lack of resources and support. “My body, my choice” comes with the destructive flip side of placing all responsibility for pregnancy squarely on the shoulders of women. It has removed responsibility from men and society to step in to care of women and children. Millions of men have abandoned pregnant women since Roe because of Roe. Roe has contributed to the feminization of poverty. The feminists who want abortion because they “don’t want to be pregnant” are hurting the women who are forced to resort to abortion. ​ ​ ​ 6. Question Abortion doesn’t affect you. How is it any of your business? ​ Answer Killing is never a private matter. Using our laws to kill children is our business. Elective abortion undermines the entire foundation of our country because it rests on the assumption that we are not all created equal. Legal abortion access depends upon the participation of society in order to exist. As members of this society, we can say “no” because abortion conflicts with the fundamental principle that we are all created equal. Abortion kills a precious and irreplaceable child. Just as we would not sit by if a helpless born child was in danger, abortion just as surely kills a child. Passive acceptance of any injustice is cooperation with injustice. Child abuse, human trafficking, slavery, racism, rape are all examples of injustices that may not personally affect everyone but still need to be spoken out against. Justice demands action against dehumanization even if we are not the victims. ​ ​ 7. Question What about abortions in cases of rape? ​ Answer FCLNY wants to support all women in choosing life because their child is still a completely unique and irreplaceable human being. For the rare occasions of pregnancy resulting from rape, states can still choose to allow limited access to abortion in these cases while outlawing the vast majority of elective abortion procedures. Arguing that all abortion should be legal and a right because of the vast minority of cases doesn’t make sense. If you oppose abortion in every other case but rape, you have more in common with the pro-life position than the pro-choice position. ​ ​ 8. Question What about pregnancies where the mother’s life or physical health is in danger? ​ Answer Abortion when the life or physical health of the mother is threatened was legal prior to Roe v. Wade and will remain legal even in states which enact very pro-life laws because it’s fundamentally different than elective abortion choice. In cases like ectopic pregnancy there is no way to save the child’s life and the mother’s life is put at grave risk. Treatments which seek to help both mother and child but inadvertently end in the child’s death are not the same as procedures which are intentionally undertaken with the purpose of directly killing the child. These cases are called “choice” because they are elective and alternatives to abortion exist. We support procedures intended to save a mother’s life when her life or physical health is threatened. ​ ​ 9. Question Are pro-life views based only on religion? ​ Answer ​ Morality consists in drawing a line somewhere. Pro-choice people do this too. They draw a line at viability or birth or shortly thereafter as to when it is wrong to kill a human being. They too invoke what is “right” or “ethical” when defending these judgments and are equally “religious” in these assessments. But, unlike the pro-choice position, which determines personhood based on how someone feels about another human’s life, the pro-life position is based on the scientific reality of when an individual human being’s life begins. The pro-life position bases the standard of personhood on an objective marker, while the pro-choice side relies upon feeling and it’s own “faith” as to when life is worthy of protecting. ​ ​ ​ 10. Question Isn’t abortion a right that has been normalized in many other cultures at other points in history? Answer All progress we have made in human rights has come from recognizing the irreducible value of the individual. It is only by recognizing that human beings have rights inherent to their existence that rights can be understood as being inalienable and inviolable. By this understanding, rights have their source outside of government and human authority. Governments exist to recognize and protect these rights, but not to grant them. This is what makes us all equal - that no human being or group is the source of our rights. In order to justify abortion, rights are instead understood by the regressive idea that those in power can grant rights only to those human beings deemed worthy of them. This same thinking has led to every human rights abuse. By this logic, only some human beings have value and rights. To grant someone ownership over another human being, and the capability to destroy them at will, is not a mark of liberty but actually has more in common with despotism and fascism. Just because an action has existed throughout history, this does not make an action ethical. Historically, people have also cast off newborns, the elderly and the disabled and enslaved others citing necessity and their own survival as justification. Human history has always had a problem of scapegoating certain populations of human beings and subjugating these vulnerable people to the whim and will of those in power. Women do not escape this cycle of oppression by resorting to abortion, they merely transfer their oppressed status to their children who through no fault of their own need their mother and father’s protection. Modern civilized societies show progress not by oppressing the vulnerable, but by protecting them. ​ ​ 11. Question The pro-life position assumes that the unborn are people, but not everyone shares this view. Why can’t someone choose what option is best for them based on their own definition of “person”? ​ Answer People have chosen not to recognize all kinds of humans as persons in order to harm, kill and objectify them. Personhood must be defined by objective criteria - science - or any major abuse of human rights is possible. By biological measures, the pre-born are very much alive and members of the human species. Every individual human being’s life begins at conception. Anyone who says otherwise is adopting a philosophical, not biological, definition of life. ​ ​ 12. Question Why bother mentioning later term abortions? Aren’t they only done when the mother’s life is in danger or because the baby has a serious malformation? They are only 1% of all abortions. ​ Answer 1% still represents 10-15,000 abortions performed at or beyond 20 weeks gestation. These procedures are gruesome violence toward children, some of whom resemble babies in the NICU. Later term abortions are also an area of common ground among pro-choice and pro-life Americans. Most Americans do not approve of abortion in the second and third trimesters. Data from the Guttmacher Institute shows that most women who undergo abortions after 20 weeks do so for non-medical reasons. Roe v. Wade’s companion piece Doe v. Bolton allowed for broad health exceptions to restrictions on abortion post viability. These exemptions include mental, emotional, psychological, and familial health. Later term abortions are arguably not necessary to maternal physical health because these procedures still necessitate the delivery of a child. Because the child can be removed from their mother’s body with care for both mother and child, there is no reason why these children must be deliberately killed before birth. ​ ​ ​ 13. Question If abortion is illegal, won’t that mean more children in foster care? ​ Answer Foster care and adoption are two different systems. Often children in foster care are not eligible for adoption because the goal of foster care is to reunite them with their families. On the other hand, babies placed for adoption are adopted very quickly. There are an estimated 2 million couples waiting to adopt in the U.S. ​ ​ ​ 14. Question I am a … law student, and I consider myself a liberal but have found myself struggling in recent years with liberal feminists seeming "celebration" of abortion. I consider myself "pro-choice with limitations". I wondered what your organization's stance is on bodily autonomy and safe access to abortions should a woman deem it necessary. Is this organization "absolutely" pro-life? Or is the goal to merely regulate abortion legislation and stop the perpetuation that an abortion is something to celebrate within feminism? ​ Answer Thank you for your questions and interest. We definitely agree with you that the celebration of abortion is deeply troubling. ​ We consider ourselves to be absolutely pro-life, in that we object to elective abortion procedures. We do not object to medically necessary interventions like treatment for ectopic pregnancy or emergency delivery later into pregnancy to save a woman's life and would agree that women need safe access to these procedures. In such medically necessary cases, (ectopic pregnancies or emergency delivery) the child may die as an indirect consequence of the procedure, but the death of the child is not the intended outcome of the intervention. Whereas with elective abortion, the child's death is the entire purpose of the procedure. "Choice" means alternatives to killing exist and because the child is an irreplaceable human being, we advocate that society recognize the humanity of the child and offer abundant, loving, non-violent alternatives for both mother and child. With regard to bodily autonomy, because the vast number of all abortions follow consensual sex we would argue that women do in fact have bodily autonomy without abortion. Women and men can choose with whom and when to have sex and whether or not to take precautions. However after conception, the scientific reality is that a new human being is present and the first premise of universal human rights is that all members of the human family have human rights. Sex is known to potentially create new and completely dependent human children (meaning the parents freely caused the dependency of the child). In the law, parental obligations do not arise from continual and ongoing consent, but from an affirmative duty to care for their children. The first duty parents have to their children is to not harm them and every human has the most basic right to live free from violent destruction. Assuming responsibility for the needs of others we have created--is true empowerment. "My body" rhetoric isolates and places the responsibility for pregnancy solely on women. Whereas true equality exists only when both men and women assume equal responsibility for the children they create, not equal abandonment of responsibility. We highly recommend reading the work of Erika Bachiochi JD, especially Embodied Equality , to understand how abortion choice actually undermines true equality and works against the stated goals of the feminist movement. Please also see our page, Essential Feminist Resources, for more information. We hope this summary has been helpful, but please feel free to reach out to us with any further questions or concerns! ​ ​

Photo By Guillaume de Germain FCLNY's Adoption Resource Index - NY This index is dedicated to our honorary board chair, Margaret Colin, our inspiration for this project Nine Months of Power Adoption: An Act of Great Love "You have given someone the gift of life and someone else a child to love" -Bianca Bujan, Adoptee Welcome to Feminists Choosing Life of New York’s Adoption Resource Index! This guide contains information on adoption in NY for prospective birth mothers and adoptive parents, as well as a list of NY adoption agencies and NY Department of Social Services (DSS) offices. Our adoption directory also outlines several services and benefits available to prospective birth mothers that are not involved with the foster care system or DSS. It also highlights basic services and benefits for prospective adoptive parents of children either inside or outside of the foster care system. ​ ​ ​ ​ About 18,000 babies in the US are voluntarily placed for domestic infant adoption yearly and each one of them is adopted. An estimated 2 million couples in the US await an infant child to adopt, but only 4% of women in the US with unplanned pregnancies place their children for adoption. Unfortunately, adoption is infrequently presented as an option for women facing unplanned pregnancies. Planned Parenthood offers only one adoption referral for every 81 abortions . Sadly, approximately 117,000 children await adoption from the foster care system, the overwhelming majority of which are older children. These children are awaiting parents to give them a loving home. These staggering numbers demonstrate the need for more available information and resources to break the stigma surrounding adoption, and to help prospective birth mothers and adoptive parents courageously enter the adoption process. As a pro-life feminist organization, FCLNY seeks to provide women with the real opportunity to CHOOSE the best path for her and her child. We embrace all stages of human life; before birth, infancy, adolescence and adulthood. Our index provides birth mothers with information needed to make the powerful choice of adoption. It also provides potential adoptive parents tools for adopting children from infancy to adolescence. ​ New York State contains voluntary authorized adoption agencies (adoption agencies) throughout the state. NY adoption agencies work with pregnant women potentially interested in serving as birth mothers, women who choose to give birth to their children and to VOLUNTARILY place them with an adoptive parent or parents. They also work with prospective adoptive parents, single or married adults with open hearts looking to adopt children. NY adoption agencies help with the process of adopting children “who may or may not be in foster care.” SEE ADOPTION SERVICES & BENEFITS THE RED LIST OF ADOPTION AGENCIES ARE PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON NON-FOSTER CARE ADOPTIONS. THESE ADOPTION AGENCIES ARE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT FOR PROSPECTIVE BIRTH MOTHERS WHO ARE NOT INVOLVED WITH THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM OR DSS. THE PINK LIST OF ADOPTION AGENCIES ARE PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON FOSTER-CARE ADOPTIONS, THESE AGENCIES ARE OF IMPORT TO PROSPECTIVE ADOPTIVE PARENTS INTERESTED IN ADOPTING CHILDREN WITHIN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. The GREEN list includes DSS offices throughout the state. DSS offices are not adoption agencies, though they work with families interested in adopting children. DSS only helps handle the adoption process of children inside the foster care system. Prospective adoptive parents who wish to adopt children in foster care must first become certified foster care parents. DSS offices and adoption agencies (especially those in PINK below) help with foster care certification and often work together regarding various aspects of the foster care adoption process To better understand the foster parent requirements visit NYS Foster Care . ​ Adoption Agencies and DSS offices are categorized according to Six NYS Regions. For locations near you, please reference this regional map to find your COUNTY. FCLNY utilizes this map for geographical categorization purposes only. This index is a guide, not a comprehensive listing of resources available to birth mother and prospective adoptive parents in New York State. It is provided for informational purposes only. This index is not meant to be an endorsement of any of the resources listed. Click on the NY regional map above or the links below for NY Adoption Agencies near you Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 Region 5 Region 6 Region 1 ​ Adoption Agencies Primary Focus: Adoptions Unrelated to Foster Care ​ Adoption Choices (Headquartered in Albany, See Region 4), but provides services across all of NY. 518-478-8420 Adoption S.T.A.R. 131 John Muir Drive, Amherst, NY 14228 716-639-3900 ​ Adoption Agencies Primary Focus: Foster Care Adoptions Baker Hall ​ 790 Ridge Road, Lackawanna, NY 14218 716-828-9500 Berkshire Farm Center & Services For Youth 975 Hertel Ave. Buffalo, NY 14216 716-862-4212 Buffalo Urban League ​ 15 Genesee St., Buffalo, NY 14203 716-250-2400 Child and Family Services of Erie County ​ 824 ½ Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14209-2008 716-842-2750 Gateway Longview ​ 10 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, NY 14201 296 Monroe St., Buffalo, NY 14212 6350 Main St., Williamsville, NY 14221 716-783-2909 New Directions Youth and Family Services 4511 Harlem Road Amherst, NY 14226 Parsons Child and Family Center ​ 52 Academy Road Albany, NY 12208 518-426-2600 ​ Department of Social Services Foster Care Adoptions ​ ​ Allegany County DSS 7 Court Street Belmont, NY 14813 585-268-9316 585-268-9425 Cattaraugus County DSS One Leo Moss Drive, Suite 6010 Olean, NY 14760 716-373-8065 Chautauqua County DSS 110 East Fourth Street Jamestown, NY 14701 716-661-8070 Erie County DSS 95 Franklin Street Buffalo, NY 14202 716-858-7274 716-858-6973 Genesee County DSS 5130 East Main Street, Suite 3 Batavia, NY 14020 585-344-2580 ext. 6446 585-344-2580 ext. 6414 Niagara County DSS P. O. Box 865, 301 10th St. Niagara Falls, NY 14302 (716) 278-8675 Orleans County DSS 14016 Route 31 West Albion, NY 14411 585-589-3149 Wyoming County DSS P.O. Box 231, 466 North Main Street Warsaw, NY 14569 585-786-8900 ​ ​ Region 2 ​ ​ Adoption Agencies Primary Focus: Adoptions Unrelated to Foster Care Adoption Choices (Headquartered in Albany, See Region 4) but provides services across all of NY 518-478-8420 Adoption S.T.A.R. (Headquartered in Buffalo, See Region 1) but provides services in Rochester 585-672-5227 Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rochester (Catholic Family Center) 87 North Clinton Avenue, Rochester, NY 14604 585-546-7220 Adoption Agencies Primary Focus: Foster Care Adoptions Berkshire Farm Center & Services For Youth ​ 975 Hertel Ave. Buffalo, NY 14216 716-862-4212 Children Awaiting Parents : (Donald J. Corbett Adoption Agency) 274 North Goodman St., Rochester, NY 14607 585-232-5110 Hillside Children's Center ​ 1 Mustard Street Rochester, NY 14609 585-256-7500 New Directions Youth and Family Services 4511 Harlem Road Amherst, NY 14226 Parsons Child and Family Center ​ 52 Academy Road Albany, NY 12208 518-426-2600 ​ Department of Social Services Foster Care Adoptions ​ Chemung County DSS Human Resource Center 425-447 Pennsylvania Avenue, Box 588 Elmira, NY 14902-0588 607-737-5402 Livingston County DSS 1 Murray Hill Drive Mt. Morris, NY 14510-1699 585-243-7300 Monroe County Department of Human Services 111 Westfall Road, Room 442 Rochester, NY 14620 585 753-6084 585-753-6468 Ontario County DSS 3010 County Complex Canandaigua, NY 14424 585-396-4110 Schuyler County DSS Human Services Complex 323 Owego Street, Unit 3 Montour Falls, NY 14865 607-535-8322 Seneca County Division of Human Services 1 DiPronio Drive Waterloo, NY 13165 315-539-1882 315-539-1855 Steuben County DSS 3 East Pulteney Square Bath, NY 14810 607-664-2106 607-664-2014 Wayne County DSS P.O. Box 10, 77 Water Street Lyons, NY 14489 315-946-7420 Yates County DSS County Office Building 417 Liberty Street, Suite 2122 Penn Yann, NY 14527-1118 315-536-5183 315-531-3417 ext. 93 ​ Region 3 ​ Adoption Agencies Primary Focus: Adoptions Unrelated to Foster Care Adoption Choices (Headquartered in Albany, See Region 4) but provides services across all of NY 518-478-8420 Adoption S.T.A.R. (Headquartered in Buffalo, See Region 1), but provides services in Syracuse and Binghamton 315- 703- 7511 (Syracuse) 607-330-2158 (Binghampton) Family Connections 156 Port Watson St., PO Box 5555, Cortland, NY 13045 607-756-6574 New Hope Family Services 3519 James Street Syracuse, NY 13206 315-437-8300 ​ Adoption Agencies Primary Focus: Foster Care Adoptions Berkshire Farm Center & Services For Youth : 2-8 Hawley St. Binghamton, NY 13901 607-772-3123 1065 James St., Syracuse, NY 13206 315-454-4700 Cayuga Home For Children (Cayuga Centers) 1916 Park Avenue, Suite 100, New York, NY 10037 1-800-421-2031 Children’s Home of Wyoming Conference ​ 1182 Chenango St., Binghamton, NY 13901 607-772-6904 Hillside Children's Center ​ 215 Wyoming St., Syracuse, NY 13204 585-256-7500 New Directions Youth and Family Services ​ 4511 Harlem Road Amherst, NY 14226 Parsons Child and Family Center ​ 52 Academy Road Albany, NY 12208 518-426-2600 ​ Department of Social Services Foster Care Adoptions ​ Broome County DSS 36-42 Main Street Binghamton, NY 13905 607-778-2585 Cayuga County Department of Health and Human Services County Office Building, 160 Genesee Street Auburn, NY 13021 315-253-1360 315-253-1644 Chenango County DSS County Office Building P.O. Box 590, 5 Court Street Norwich, NY 13815 607-337-1526 Cortland County DSS 60 Central Avenue Cortland, NY 13045 607-756-3434 Herkimer County DSS 301 North Washington Street, Suite 2110 Herkimer, NY 13350 315-867-1216 Jefferson County DSS 250 Arsenal Street Watertown, NY 13601 315-785-3337 Lewis County DSS 5274 Outer Stowe Street Lowville, NY 13367 315-376-5746 315-376-5724 Madison County DSS P.O. Box 637, 133 Court Street Wampsville, NY 13163 315-366-2547 315-366-2880 Oneida County DSS County Office Building 800 Park Avenue Utica, NY 13502 315-731-3480 Onondaga County DSS 421 Montgomery Street, 8th Floor Syracuse, NY 13202 315-435-3185 Oswego County DSS P.O. Box 1320, 100 Spring Street Mexico, NY 13114 315-963-5382 Saint Lawrence County DSS 6 Judson Street Canton, NY 13617 315-379-2180 Tioga County DSS P.O. Box 240, 1062 State Route 38 Owego, NY 13827 607-687-8305 607-687-8442 Tompkins County DSS 320 West State Street Ithaca, NY 14850 607-274-5259 Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe 382 State Route 37 Akwesasne, NY 13655 518-358-4516 412 State Route 37 Akwesasne, NY 13655 518-358-2728 ​ Region 4 ​ Adoption Agencies Primary Focus: Adoptions Unrelated to Foster Care Adoption Choices 1 Marcus Boulevard, Suite 200, Albany, NY 12205 (Headquartered in Albany, but provides services across all of NY) 518-478-8420 Bethany Christian Services of New Jersey ​ 410 Troy Schenectady Road, Suite 202, Latham, NY 12110 (MIX) 800-238-4269 Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany (Community Maternity Services) ​ 27 North Main Avenue, Albany, NY 12203 (MIX) 518-482-8836 Children At Heart Adoption Services, Inc. ​ 44 North Main Street, Mechanicville, NY 12118 910-763-4414 Friends in Adoption ​ 125 High Rock Avenue, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 1-800-982-3678 Heart to Heart Adoptions 40 Beaver Street Albany, NY 12207 Birth parent call 877-437-3424 Adoptive family call 866-712-3678 Spence-Chapin, Services to Families and Children ​ 200 South Pearl Street Albany, New York 12203 212-400-8150 Adoption Agencies Primary Focus: Foster Care Adoptions Berkshire Farm Center & Services For Youth : 427 New Karner Road, 1st Floor, Albany, NY 12205 160 Fairview Avenue, Suite 814, Hudson, NY 12534 / 518-671-6550 434 Main St. Schoharie, NY 12157 36 Brinkerhoff St., Plattsburg, NY 12901 / 518-646-1195 203 Main St. Hudson Falls, NY 12839 / 518-417-9074 13 Lawrence Way, PO Box 235, Elizabethtown, NY 12932 / 518-646-1195 New Directions Youth and Family Services ​ 4511 Harlem Road Amherst, NY 14226 Parsons Child and Family Center ​ 52 Academy Road Albany, NY 12208 518-426-2600 ​ Department of Social Services Foster Care Adoptions ​ Albany County Department for Children, Youth & Families 112 State Street, Suite 400 Albany, NY 12207 518-447-7568 Clinton County DSS 13 Durkee Street Plattsburgh, NY 12901 518-565-3444 518-565-3320 Columbia County DSS P.O. Box 458, 25 Railroad Avenue Hudson, NY 12534 518-828-9411 ext. 2125 Delaware County DSS 111 Main Street Delhi, NY 13753 607-832-5300 Essex County DSS P.O. Box 217, 7551 Court Street Elizabethtown, NY 12932 518-873-3414 518-873-3409 Franklin County DSS 184 Finney Blvd Malone, NY 12953 518-481-1856 Fulton County DSS P.O. Box 549, 4 Daisy Lane Johnstown, NY 12095 518-736-5615 Greene County DSS 411 Main Street, Suite 238 Catskill, NY 12414 518-719-3651 Hamilton County DSS P.O. Box 725, 139 White Birch Lane Indian Lake, NY 12842-0725 518-648-6131 Montgomery County DSS Montgomery County Office Building P.O. Box 745 Fonda, NY 12068 518-853-8294 Otsego County DSS 197 Main Street Cooperstown, NY 13326 607-547-4355 Rensselaer County DSS 127 Bloomington Drive Troy, NY 12180 518-833-6144 Saratoga County DSS 152 High Street Ballston Spa, NY 12020 518-884-4157 Schenectady County DSS 106 Erie Blvd Schenectady, NY 12305 518-388-4461 Schoharie County DSS Professional Building, P.O. Box 687 Schoharie, NY 12157 518-295-8751 Warren County DSS Human Services Building 1340 State Route 9 Lake George, NY 12845 518-761-6287 Washington County DSS County Municipal Center 383 Broadway Fort Edward, NY 12828 Phone: 518/746-2334 Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe 382 State Route 37 Akwesasne, NY 13655 518-358-4516 412 State Route 37 Akwesasne, NY 13655 518-358-2728 ​ Region 5 ​ Adoption Agencies Primary Focus: Adoptions Unrelated to Foster Care Adoption Choices (Headquartered in Albany, Region 4), but provides services across all of NY 518-478-8420 Adoptions From The Heart 661 Decker Road, Wallkill, NY 12589 1-888-565-4059 Adoption S.T.A.R. (Headquartered in Buffalo, Region 1) but provides services in Poughkeepsie 845-457-4883 Family & Children’s Agency ​ 600 Mamaroneck Avenue, Suite 400-20, Harrison, NY 10528 914-834-5806 Family Services of Westchester ​ 2975 Westchester Avenue, Suite 401 Purchase, NY 10577 (914) 937-2320 Forever Families Through Adoption ​ 62 Bowman Avenue, Rye Brook, NY 10573 (914) 939-1180 Hudson Valley Adoption Services ​ PO Box 280 Woodstock, NY 12498 866-369-3366 ​ Adoption Agencies Primary Focus: Foster Care Adoptions Cardinal McCloskey School and Home For Children ​ 115 East Stevens Avenue, Suite LL5, Valhalla, NY 10595 (914) 997-8000 Berkshire Farm Center & Services For Youth : 143 Boardman Rd. #1 Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 845-345-9476 45 Dolson Avenue, Suite 4 Middletown, NY 10940 845-262-4693 535 Broad Hollow Rd., Suite B30 Melville, NY 11747 631-420-4444 Downey Side, Inc. ​ 100 Underhill Street, Yonkers, NY 10710 914-222-9498 New Directions Youth and Family Services 4511 Harlem Road Amherst, NY 14226 Parsons Child and Family Center ​ 52 Academy Road Albany, NY 12208 518-426-2600 SCO Family of Services ​ 1 Alexander Place Glen Cove, NY 11542 (516) 671-1253 ​ Department of Social Services Foster Care Adoptions ​ Dutchess County Department of Community & Family Services County Office Building, 60 Market Street Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 845-486-3012 845- 486-3067 Nassau County DSS 60 Charles Lindbergh Blvd., Suite 160 Uniondale, NY 11553 516-227-8271 516-227-8273 Orange County DSS 23 Hatfield Lane Goshen, NY 10924 845-291-2876 Putnam County DSS Donald B. Smith Government Campus 110 Old Route 6, Building 2 Carmel, NY 10512 845-808-1500 ext. 45321 845-808-1500 ext. 45258 Rockland County DSS Building C, Sanatorium Road Pomona, NY 10970 845-364-2050 845-364-3596 Suffolk County DSS P.O. Box 18100 Hauppauge, NY 11788-8900 631-854-9117 Sullivan County DSS Box 231, 16 Community Lane Liberty, NY 12754 845-292-0100 ext. 2376 Ulster County DSS 1091 Development Court Kingston, NY 12401 845-334-5174 Westchester County DSS 112 East Post Road, 4th Floor White Plains, NY 10601 914-995-5302 ​ Region 6 ​ Adoption Agencies Primary Focus: Adoptions Unrelated to Foster Care Adoption Choices (Headquartered in Albany, Region 1) but provides services across all of NY 518-478-8420 Adoption S.T.A.R. (Headquartered in Buffalo, Region 1) but provides services in New York City 917-470-9340 Association of Black Social Workers Child Adoption Counseling and Referral Services 1969 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10035 (212) 348-0035 Family Focus Adoption Services : 54-40 Little Neck Parkway, Suite #6, Little Neck, NY 11362 718-224-1919 9 Knight's Circle, Newburgh, NY 12550 845-401-5225 Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia ​ 1180 6th Avenue, 8th Floor New York, NY 11036 1.888.673.6276 Spence-Chapin, Services to Families and Children 410 East 92nd Street, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10128 (212) 369-0300 349 E. 149th St. Bronx, NY 10451 212-400-8150 9525 Church Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11212 168-14 Jamaica Ave, Jamaica, NY 11432 212-400-8150 The Alliance for Children ​ 353 West 48th St. 4th Floor New York, NY 10036 (212) 751-4095 The Gladney Center for Adoption ​ 5 Columbus Circle 11th Floor New York, NY 10019 347-443-5557 Adoption Agencies Primary Focus: Foster Care Adoptions Abbott House ​ 100 North Broadway, Irvington, NY 10533 (914) 591-7300 Berkshire Farm Center & Services For Youth ​ 4419 3rd Avenue, Suite 3C Bronx, NY 10467 718-220-4247 Cardinal McCloskey School and Home For Children ​ 539 Courtlandt Avenue, 3rd Floor, Bronx, NY 10451 (718) 993-7700 Catholic Guardian Services ​ 1780 Grand Concourse Bronx, NY 10457 718-228-1515 Catholic Guardian Services ​ 1990 Westchester Avenue Bronx, NY 10462 718-828-0300 Catholic Guardian Services ​ 34 West 134th Street New York, NY 10037 212-926-1774 Coalition For Hispanic Family Services ​ 315 Wyckoff Avenue, 4rd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11237 (718) 497-6090 Forestdale ​ 67-35 112th St., Forest Hills, NY 11375 (718) 263-0740 Good Shepherd Services ​ 305 7th Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10001 212 243 7070 Graham Windham ​ 1946 Webster Avenue, Bronx, NY 10457 718-875-1167 Heartshare Human Services of New York / St. Vincent’s Services ​ 66 Boerum Place Brooklyn, NY 11201-4306 (718) 422-2350 Jewish Child Care Association of New York ​ 555 Bergen Avenue, 4th Floor Bronx, NY 10455 718-742-8550 Little Flower Children and Family Services of New York ​ 630 Flushing Avenue, 3rd Floor Brooklyn, NY 11206 (718) 875-3500 Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York ​ 475 Riverside Drive - Suite #1244 New York, NY 10115 (914) 441-6904 MercyFirst ​ 241 37th Street, Suite 6A, Unit 10 Brooklyn, NY 11232-2417 718.232.1500 New Alternatives for Children ​ 37 West 26th Street New York, NY 10010 212.696.1550 New Directions Youth and Family Services ​ 4511 Harlem Road Amherst, NY 14226 OHEL Children's Home & Family Services ​ 1268 East 14th Street Brooklyn, NY 11230 800-603-6435 Parsons Child and Family Center ​ 52 Academy Road Albany, NY 12208 518-426-2600 Rising Ground ​ 151 Lawrence Street,5th floor Brooklyn, NY 11201 212-602-5862 Saint Dominic's Family Services ​ 853 Longwood Avenue Bronx, NY 10459 845.359.3400 Seamen's Society for Children & Families ​ 50 Bay Street Staten Island, NY 10301 718-447-7740 Sheltering Arms Children and Family Services ​ 25 Broadway, 18th Floor New York, NY 10004 212-675-1000 The Children’s Aid Society ​ 117 West 124th Street, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10027 212.949.4800 The Children’s Village : 400 E. Fordham Road, 6th Floor Bronx, NY 10468 (718) 220-7701 220 West 143rd Street, New York, NY 10030 212-368-0759 One Echo Hills (off Walgrove Avenue, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522 914-693-0600 2139 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. New York, NY 10027 212-932-9009 456 Gidney Avenue, Newburgh, NY 12550 845-565-2981 The New York Foundling ​ 590 Avenue of the Americans, New York, NY 10011 (212) 633-9300 You Gotta Believe! The Older Child Adoption & Permanency Movement ​ 3114 Mermaid Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11224 718.372.3003 Department of Social Services Foster Care Adoptions ​ New York City Administration for Children's Services Office of Centralized Services Adoption and KinGAP Support Services 150 Williams Street, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10038 212-676-WISH (9474) Adoption /KinGAP Subsidy Information Line: (212) 676-2825 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Anchor 1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 ADOPTION SERVICES AND BENEFITS FOR PROSPECTIVE BIRTH MOTHERS AND ADOPTIVE PARENTS Anchor 2 In NY you can enter into an open or closed adoption. Open adoptions “allow birth mothers to receive updates and photographs and to visit with the adopted child up until he or she is 18 years old, depending on the facts and circumstances of the birth mother and adoptive parents. Many birth parents find that open adoption allows them to watch their child grow and eliminates many of the “what if” questions that come with closed adoptions.” Closed adoptions disallow contact between the biological mother and adoptive family. Prospective Birth Mothers ​ Comprehensive, life affirming services may be available to birth mothers throughout all nine months of pregnancy and thereafter. Some services are provided for a more limited duration. Please check with adoption agencies for specific details and information. ​ A. Services provided AT NO COST TO BIRTH MOTHERS by adoption agencies and/or adoptive parents that may extend throughout pregnancy and thereafter, may include : WIC Referral. The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children. This program provides healthy food options, nutrition counseling and breastfeeding support along with money from NY to buy food. ​ SNAP Referral. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is a food-related program providing the nutrition and food that is necessary for a healthy pregnancy. ​ Medicaid Referral. Medicaid is affordable or free health insurance for low income-eligible New Yorkers, and includes pregnancy care coverage along with coverage for hospital stays for birth mothers and babies. ​ Maternity Leave Referral . The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides some employees and independent contractors with time off from work to birth a child and recover mentally and physically. ​ Legal - Legal costs and fees related to adoption. Referrals to qualified lawyers in the community for representation and to assure rights are understood and protected. ​ Adoption Options Counseling – Open vs. Closed Adoptions. ​ Wrap-Around Supportive Counseling - May include mental and emotional health counseling or support and referrals to other professionals. ​ Empowerment Services – Profiles provided of potential adoptive parents and opportunities to choose the child’s family. ​ Housing Referral – Assistance and referrals to appropriate housing. ​ Medical and hospital fees related to the birth of the child. ​ Post Adoption Contact Agreement Services – Assistance ensuring legal agreements are honored in open adoptions. B. More Services AT NO COST TO BIRTH MOTHERS . The reasonable and actual costs of the following may be covered by adoptive parents - - 60 days prior to birth or approximately 30 days thereafter: ​ Transportation. (Pregnancy related) Maternity clothing. Clothing for the child. Housing. ​ Prospective Adoptive Parents ​ The adoption process in NY tends to follow general guidelines for families looking to adopt children inside or outside the foster care system via an adoption agency. If after careful consideration prospective adoptive parents decide to adopt, the first step is to choose an adoption agency. The agency helps the family throughout the adoption process which involves, among other things, a home study and assistance with safely matching a child with the family. Once the adoption is complete, the agency helps the family find any post-adoption services they may need. For more comprehensive information regarding the process visit NYS Adoption Services . A. Grant Opportunities Gift of Adoption The goal of this grant is “to remove prohibitive financial barriers and make possible the adoptions of some of the most vulnerable children in the U.S,” who may or may not be foster care children. Adoptions can be expensive and this grant enables families, including grandparents and other kin, to adopt needy children by providing funds throughout the adoption. For more information regarding this grant, click on the link above. ​ ​ ​ Prospective Adoptive Parents (DSS/Foster Care) A. Services/Benefits All costs of adoption , including legal costs, are paid for by NYS and federal funds for parents who adopt children inside the foster care system. Adoption Subsidies (monthly maintenance payments) may be available for parents who adopt children inside the foster care system that are ‘handicapped’ or ‘hard to place.’ ​ ​ ​

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We're excited to share our new library, featuring a diverse selection of resources designed to support and educate our nonprofit community. Our carefully curated collection includes books in the following categories: Pro-Life Feminism Consistent Life Ethic Early American Movements Political Spiritual & More! The library is located at FCLNY headquarters: 1545 East Avenue, Rochester NY 14610. To reserve a book, simply email us at info@fclny.org and we will arrange a date/time for pick-up. Please note, books should be returned within 12 weeks. If a book is not returned by the specified date, FCLNY kindly requests that it be purchased at its current value Additionally, books cannot be mailed for reservation. Happy reading! CLICK HERE to Explore FCLNY's Library! Essential Pro-Life Feminist Literature ​ Essential Pro-Life Feminist Books Pity for Evil: Suffrage, Abortion, and Women’s Empowerment in Reconstruction America by Madeleine McDowell and Monica Klem Encounter Books/Nov 2023 ​ Peace Begis in the Womb : Reflections from a Pro-Life Feminist by Marilyn Kopp AuthorHouse/May 2023 The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century, by Louise Perry Polity/May 2022 ​ Rehumanize: A Vision to Secure Human Rights for All by Amiee Murphy New City Press/2022 ​ Wholist ic Feminism: Healing the Identity Crisis Caused by the Women's Movement By Leah A. Jacobson Lumen Press/June 2021 ​ The Rights of Women: Reclaiming a Lost Vision By Erika Bachiochi University of Notre Dame Press/July 2021 ​ The Family Roe By Joshua Prager W. W. Norton & Company/September 2021 ​ Broken Bonds: Surrogate Mothers Speak out By Jennifer Lahl Spinifex Press/April 2019 ​ Resisting Throwaway Culture By Charles C. Camosy New City Press/May 2019 ​ Consistent Life: The Young Advocates Guide to Living Peace and Justice Daily By Mary Grace Coltharp and Aimee Murphy Independently Published/September 2018 ​ The Abolition of Woman Fiorella Nash Ignatius Press/July 2018 ​ Segregation’s Science: Eugenics and Society in Virginia By Gregory Michael Dorr University of Virginia Press/March 2018 ​ Women Against Abortion By Karissa Haugeberg University of Illinois Press/May 2017 ​ At Play in the Lion's Den: A Biography of Daniel Berrigan by Jim Forest Orbis Books/2017 Nothing is Impossible By Scott Schaeffer Duffy Haleys/February 2016 ​ Defenders of the Unborn: The Pro-life Movement before Roe V Wade By Daniel K. Williams Oxford Press/ January 2016 ​ Peace Psychology Perspectives on Abortion By Rachel MacNair, Ph.D. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform/May 2016 ​ Not Equal: Civil Rights Gone Wrong by Ryan Bomberger Bara Publishing/2016 ​ Beyond the Abortion Wars By Charles C.Camosy Eerdmans Publishing Co./March 2015 ​ Subverted By Sue Ellen Browder Ignatius Press/2015 ​ Jim Wallis on How to Win the War on Poverty Elise Daniels Article/January 2014 ​ Active Non-Violence: The Way of Personal Peace By Gerard A Vanderhaar Wipf and Stock/September 2013 ​ Unplanned By Abby Johnson Ignatius Press/January 2011 ​ Non-Violence in Theory and Practice By Barry L. Gann and Robert L. Holmes Waveland Pr. Inc,/ December 2011 ​ The Psychology of Peace By Rachel MacNair, Ph.D Praeger/November 2011 ​ Achieving Peace in the Abortion War By Rachel MacNair, Ph.D (Feminism and Nonviolent Studies Association) iUniverse/December 2008 ​ Consistently Opposing Killing: From Abortion to Assisted Suicide, the Death Penalty, and War Edited by Rachel MacNair and Stephen Zunes Praeger/April 2008 ​ ​ Working for Peace: a Handbook on Practical Psychology By Rachel MacNair, Ph.D Impact/ July 2006 ​ The Party of Death: The Democrats, the Media, the Courts, and the Disregard for Human Life Ramesh Ponnuru Regnery Publishing/April 2006 ​ Mairead Corrigan And Betty Williams: Partners for Peace in Northern Ireland By George Mitchell and Susan Muaddi Darraj Chelsea House Publications/October 2006 ​ Building Bridges: The Pro-life Movement and the Peace Movemen t By Steve Levicoff Toviah Press/January 2001 ​ American Proverbs about Women By Lois Kerschen Greenwood/June 1998 ​ Swimming Against the Tide By Angela Kennedy Four Courts Press/June 1997 ​ Pro-life Feminism: Yesterday and Today By Rachel MacNair, Mary Krane Derr, Linda Naranjo Huebl Sulzburger and Graham Publishing Ltd,/ November 1995 ​ Gandhi’s Truth: On the Origins of Militant Nonviolence Erik Erikson W.W. Norton and Co./April 1993 ​ Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States By Helen Prejean, SSJ Random House/1993 ​ ​ Essential Pro-Life Feminist Articles coming soon! ​ ​ Essential Pro-Life Feminist Classics Dear Sister Feminist... Letter between Evelyn Judge & Mary Krane Derr, 1089 ​ Parting the Waters Taylor Branch Simon and Schuster/ 1989 ​ Swords into Plowshares By Art Laffin and Anne Montgomery Harper and Row/1987 ​ Seeds of Peace: A Catalogue of Quotations By Jeanne Larson and Madge Micheels-Cyrus New Society Publishers/October 1986 ​ Rachel Weeping: the Case against Abortion By James Burtchael HarperCollins/April 1984 Handbook for Conscientious Objectors By Robert Seeley Central Committee for Conscientious Objection/1981 The Non-Violent Alternative By Thomas Merton Farrarr, Straus, Giroux/June 1981 Abortion and Social Justice Edited by Thomas W. Hilgers and Dennis J. Horan Sheed and Ward/1972 Gandhi and Non-Violence By Thomas Merton New Directions/May 1965 All Men are Brothers By Mahatma Gandhi Jitendra T. Desai Navajivan Mudranalaya, Ahemadabad-380014 India/ 1960 ​ ​

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A Women's Guide to Healthcare NY is a collaborative effort of FCLNY, Feminists for Nonviolent Choices and the Consistent Life Network. ​ WGH's brochure and phone apps. provide a listing of health services available to women & children in NY, including families of low income. The healthcare services listed are provided at Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs). Unlike Planned Parenthood, FQHCs do not provide abortion. FQHCs accept Medicaid & Medicare, offer health insurance support & language translation services. FCLNY & FFNVC are working to expand WGH NY State-Wide. The following services may be available at select locations, pregnancy testing, ob/gyn care, birth control (including natural family planning), prenatal care, STD/HIV testing, cervical cancer screening & breast exams, mammograms, pediatrics, family medicine, mental health counseling (including for depression, anxiety, and domestic violence victimization), and substance abuse assessment and referral. DOWNLOAD BROCHURE NOW Download & Share Women's Guide to Healthcare NY Phone Apps. WGH APPLE PHONE APP. WGH ANDROID PHONE APP. The WGH NY is a guide, not a comprehensive listing of all medical services available to women in WNY. It is provided for informational purposes only. It is not intended to be an endorsement of any FQHCs or their services.