State Assemblymember Al Stirpe kneeled down near the steps of Syracuse City Hall Wednesday to add his signature to a ten point plan to assure Women’s Rights in New York.
It’s the same place where women’s rights advocates gathered in 1852 for a convention. Stirpe previously voted in favor of the Women’s Equality Act and is making it a part of his campaign platform. He feels one of the ten points that is a hot button issue is really not about abortion.
"In this day and age, it is completely unacceptable for a woman to have to worry about losing the ability to make her own reproductive decisions...a right she was granted more than 40 years ago."
Stirpe adds that his republican challenger recently commented that he didn’t support a woman’s right to make her own health decisions.
But Robert DeMarco says he can only support nine of the ten points.
"Pass these measures tomorrow. If there's still an issue with the tenth point, let's debate it. That's why we have representatives in Albany...debate it. In the meantime, we have nine great points that everyone can agree on."
DeMarco doesn’t understand why all ten points are being presented as a package deal. In the meantime he says women continue to go without needed protections in the State in domestic violence and human trafficking cases. The Stirpe-DeMarco race could be one of the most competitive in Central New York.
