Securing the Promise of Roe

PPHP Board President Jill Scheuer, keynote speaker Jessica Arons, New York State Senator Andrea Stewart Cousins, and PPHP President/CEO Reina Schiffrin.

Reproductive health and rights advocate Jessica Arons gave Planned Parenthood supporters on Long Island and in Westchester County a primer on abortion case law as the keynote speaker for Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic and Planned Parenthood of Nassau County’s Roe v. Wade anniversary celebrations.

Arons, director of the Women’s Health and Rights Program at the Center for American Progress, gave her talk, "Securing the Promise of Roe," on January 23 in Cold Spring Harbor and on January 24 in White Plains. The events were attended by many state representatives, county legislators, and board members.

Arons spoke about other significant Supreme Court cases that have resulted in abortion restrictions over the years (i.e. Harris v. McCray, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, and Maher v. Doe) and noted the many obstacles that the federal and state governments put in the way of women, from funding restrictions to mandatory ultrasounds.

EMPOWER

The 2012 Empower event was a smashing success! Almost 300 people attended to help honor Frankie Stein, former PPHP President/CEO, and be moved by keynote speaker, Sarah Weddington, who argued the landmark Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade in 1972. The breakfast, held at Tappan Hill in Tarrytown, included a boutique, silent auction and raffle. A service auction raised enough to staff a new SmartWheels van.

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