Planned Parenthood endorses progressives
Ritchie Torres and Jamaal Bowman for Congress
Planned Parenthood recently
Bronx’s newest progressive
Congressional candidates.
Ritchie Torres (NY-15) and
Jamaal Bowman (NY-16) received
the nonprofi t organization’s
support due to their backing
of pro-reproductive rights.
According to Planned Parenthood,
candidates are running are
majority Black and Latinx, two
groups who have suffered from
an unequal healthcare system
stemming from systemic racism
and economic oppression.
“I am honored to receive the
endorsement of Planned Parenthood
Bowman in a statement to the
Bronx Times. “In the last four
years, President Trump and
his administration have rolled
back women’s rights, slashed
millions of dollars in funding
for critical social services and
repeatedly threatened reproductive
abortions. In Congress, I look
forward to working with the
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announced its endorsement
of two of the
the districts in which the
Action Fund,” said
health care, including
Planned Parenthood Action
Fund as we restore these rights
and fi ght to ensure everyone
has the right to choose, the fundamental
right to bodily autonomy
and access to reproductive
and preventative care.”
Both candidates have consistently
shown their support
for Planned Parenthood and
its mission to provide reproductive
health care to all. Back
in January of this year, Torres
took to Twitter and spoke in favor
of women’s rights to have
an abortion.
“Women’s right to determine
their own health care &
make the decisions that are
appropriate for their bodies
is under attack. We must continue
to fi ght on all fronts to
ensure women have access to
safe abortions,” said Torres on
his Twitter account.
During his time in offi ce,
President Trump has made
several attempts to strike down
the Affordable Care Act, making
it harder for Americans
to access the basic health care
they need. In an effort to repeal
the ACA, the Trump Administration
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attacked initiatives
like Title X, the country’s only
dedicated family planning program
and the Teen Pregnancy
Prevention Program.
“This November voters in
The Bronx have a chance to
elect candidates who are dedicated
to protecting their sexual
and reproductive health and
rights. We are thrilled with
Planned Parenthood Action
Fund’s endorsement of Ritchie
Torres and Jamaal Bowman,
allies whose values align
with New Yorkers wants and
needs,” said Pascale Bernard,
vice president of political affairs
and community organizing
at Planned Parenthood.
A recent Planned Parenthood
poll found that voters in
the south Bronx support access
to abortion and other highquality
sexual and reproductive
care. Voters in the same
poll also indicated that Congress
should address the issue
of maternal mortality, which
studies have shown disproportionately
affect Black mothers
due to health care bias.
The Centers for Disease
Control (CDC) found that
Black, Native American and
Alaskan Native women in the
United States are two to three
times more likely to die from
pregnancy-related causes than
their white counterparts.
“New Yorkers are done seeing
the Trump administration
and out-of-touch politicians try
every trick in the book to chip
away at health care access and
safety net programs. We are
ready for bold leaders who will
fi ght back against these harmful
policies,” Bernard said.
Torres and Bowman will be
on the Nov. 3 ballot in the 15th
and 16th Congressional Districts
respectively.
Visit nyccfb.info/voterguide
to learn more.
Planned Parenthood announced its endorsement of Ritchie Torres and
Jamaal Bowman for Congress Photos courtesy of Twitter/Facebook