Andrew Cuomo: States, use your power to protect women's rights

[La Lioness Priyanka]

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/21/opinions/states-use-power-to-protect-women-cuomo/

We are entering a new political era in which women across the country may feel that their reproductive rights will be threatened, and all states -- not just New York -- will have an opportunity to take the lead in improving the status of women through their respective legislatures.

As we are doing in New York, governors and state legislatures now have the opportunity and the duty, through executive orders and legislation, to protect reproductive rights, close the wage gap and combat sexual violence.

I know people here love to shit on Cuomo, and use new fangled and frequently incorrect insults (such as neoliberal) to insult Cuomo, but he is a highly effective governor of my state and this is a excellent OP

[crazycatlady]

1. I don't live in NY anymore

But I've always liked Andrew Cuomo.

I read his book a few years ago and I've been impressed with his record. He might not be ultra progressive, but he has a track record of working across the aisle and getting shit done (even if it might sacrifice his popularity). First NY governor to balance the budget on time in 18? years, marriage equality, background checks, and proposing voting reform and free SUNY tuition.

(I was born in the town he now calls home).

[La Lioness Priyanka]

2. yeah. people act as though brooklyn is the only constituent Cuomo has

but Cuomo also has to appease long island, staten islan, clay county and other less progressive spaces in NY

[brooklynite]

3. To that point: my understanding is NY has a restrictive abortion law in place when SC overturned it.

If Row v Wade gets overturned, that law will come back into force.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

4. and if that happens, i will be glad that Cuomo will effectively get legislation passed

so that my friends, colleagues, and other women who may need/want an abortion can get it.

[brooklynite]

6. I'd like to think that; he'll still have to deal with the Republican Senate.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

7. He's pretty good at navigating weird ny legislature

[gratuitous]

8. Void where prohibited

A partial list of those places: Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Wisconsin, Idaho, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Alabama, and anywhere else women aren't regarded as full citizens.