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Alison Esposito Cements Status as Anti-Choice Extremist

A recent write-up in New York Playbook exposes Alison Esposito’s riddled record of anti-choice extremism.

Aside from running on a failed gubernatorial ticket that promoted a nationwide abortion ban without exception, Esposito also exclaimed that the U.S. Supreme Court “did the absolute right thing” in overturning Roe v. Wade. She’s even made the claim that abortion is used as birth control instead of life-saving health care and pledged to defund Planned Parenthood.

DCCC Spokesperson Ellie Dougherty:
“Alison Esposito has been handpicked by MAGA extremists to be a rubber stamp on their anti-choice agenda, no matter how much she tries to run from her extreme record.”

New York Playbook: ABORTION AND NY-18
Emily Ngo | January 23, 2024

KEY POINTS:

  • Hudson Valley GOP House candidate Alison Esposito said the U.S. Supreme Court “did the absolute right thing” in reversing Dobbs v. Jackson, applauding leaving abortion rights in states’ hands in an WAMC interview last October.

  • She also answered yes when asked if she’d support legislation “to protect innocent human life from conception to natural death,” according to an L.I. Coalition for Life questionnaire she completed as a lieutenant governor candidate in 2022.

  • Her 2024 rival, Democratic incumbent Rep. Pat Ryan, sees an opening. (After all, he won his 2022 special election championing reproductive rights.)

  • “Alison’s record is clear: she’s anti-choice and anti-freedom,” Ryan responded in a statement to Playbook, saying that she “pledged to defund Planned Parenthood and supports Trump and his far-right campaign to rip away reproductive rights across the country.”

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