Cuomo reinforces women’s rights theme on upstate tour

[theHandpuppet]

Capital New York
October 4, 2014
Cuomo reinforces women’s rights theme on upstate tour

ROCHESTER—Governor Andrew Cuomo and his running mate Kathy Hochul traveled to three cities in upstate New York today on a blue bus dotted with pink stars to promote their women’s equality agenda, and highlight the campaign’s differences with Cuomo’s Republican opponent Rob Astorino on abortion.

The tour began in Albany at a union hall uptown, which had been decorated with red, blue and pink balloons. Aretha Franklin’s “R-E-S-P-E-C-T” blared over the sound system, and Cuomo took the stage to Tina Turner’s “Simply the best,” after being introduced by an all-female slate of surrogates, including reproductive health advocates, former New York City Council speaker Christine Quinn, and Hochul.

Onstage, Cuomo painted his opponent as an anti-choice extremist, and a hypocrite.

“I respect people’s right to disagree. You have people who are right-to-life,” Cuomo told the crowd of about 150 people at the union hall, where he discussed the tenth point of his Women’s Equality Agenda, the 10-bill package of legislation that includes moving abortion law out of the state’s penal code.

“My opponent was right-to-life," he said. "I understand that. But let’s speak honestly to the issue. You either support a woman’s right to choose or you don’t. And if you don’t, that’s OK, but have the courage to say, ‘I don’t support a woman’s right to choose.’”....

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[merrily]

1. Why is Cuomo using RW "right to life" framing?