Is Proposition 1, Which Would Protect Abortion Rights in New York, in Trouble? - The New York Times

The statewide ballot measure, known as the Equal Rights Amendment, has become a target for Republican opponents who have cast it as an attack on family values. By Benjamin Oreskes New York, with its liberal bent and habit of electing Democrats, seems the sort of place where a statewide ballot measure to protect reproductive rights would be a shoo-in. That may not be the case this year. The proponents of the ballot measure, known as Proposition 1, have struggled to raise money. The lack of spending has left many voters uninformed or unaware of the ballot question. And strategists from both parties say the manner in which the proposition was written — without abortion explicitly mentioned — has given opponents a window to try to redefine and perhaps defeat it. “The biggest thing that I’ve noticed, besides the legislative train wreck of this ballot measure’s language, is that virtually no one in the state even knows it’s there,” said John Faso, a former Republican congressman who opposes

The statewide ballot measure, known as the Equal Rights Amendment, has become a target for Republican opponents who have cast it as an attack on family values. By Benjamin Oreskes New York, with its liberal bent and habit of electing Democrats, seems the sort of place where a statewide ballot measure to protect reproductive rights would be a shoo-in. That may not be the case this year. The proponents of the ballot measure, known as Proposition 1, have struggled to raise money. The lack of spending has left many voters uninformed or unaware of the ballot question. And strategists from both part