As a disabled woman, only I know what is best for my body and my circumstances. No one can, will or should control what decisions I make in my best interest.
My life as a disabled woman is precarious. Every decision I make is weighed and calculated. Getting pregnant is not an option for me and what contraception I use is a decision that is private.
But the thought of contraception failure is realistic and in the world of the Republicans, I would be forced to have a pregnancy that could potentially kill me. How utterly frightening is that?
That is why I am very proud to support Senator Anna Kaplan’s campaign for re-election to the state Senate. Sen. Kaplan led the fight to pass the Reproductive Health Act. She wrote the new law that makes New York a safe haven for women living in anti-choice states.
With so many challenges still facing us in the wake of the Supreme Court’s radical decisions, we need an experienced leader like Anna Kaplan fighting for us–not another extreme anti-choice Republican like Jack Martins.
The Republican party has been building an anti-choice campaign for the past four decades to control women’s bodies and lives – and we can never let these extremists win.
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Nadia Holubnyczyj-Ortiz
Floral Park
