Reproductive justice is a critical component of access to healthcare, social justice, equity, and our core democratic commitments. Reproductive justice encompasses a set of core rights for women, women and femmes of color, indigenous women, trans and gender nonconforming people, and more. This includes the right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, to have children, to not have children, and to raise children in safe, sustainable communities with the resources they need to thrive. In the Assembly, I will use my vote, my voice, and my office’s resources to continue to champion a New York that is a national leader in protecting reproductive rights, expand reproductive rights in the New York Constitution, and ensure funding, education, and equitable access to reproductive health care for all New Yorkers. I commit to: 

• Pushing back on funding for crisis pregnancy centers statewide and ensuring investments in reproductive healthcare and family planning reach patients in need. 

• Advocating for and supporting residency and fellowship programs, as well as other non-MD clinical training programs, in family medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, LGBTQIA+ healthcare, and other vital programs that uplift community reproductive health. 

• Growing support for doula and midwife training programs and funding for such positions, especially in healthcare deserts, and champion abortion funds as a core service public dollars should work to support. 

• Working with grassroots abortion and reproductive justice advocates, especially BIPOC community advocates, and providers to develop and identify targeted legislative and budget strategies to advance New York as a state leader in reproductive justice as we push our federal government to champion these rights nationwide.