![]() ![]() Taylor’s two other opponents in the 9th Council District race, State Assemblywoman Inez Dickens and criminal justice advocate Yusef Salaam, declined to comment. It is vitally important that people are allowed to make their own choices in these matters.” “In the last year, I have voted for bills to expand protection for abortion providers and to give pregnant folks accurate, non-coercive health care information about abortion. Not only did I say that I would support it, I in fact voted for the Equality Amendment,” his statement said. ![]() ![]() “I fully support women’s rights to their own health and their own bodies. He also touted his vote this year for the constitutional amendment, which, in addition to protecting abortion, would outlaw discrimination against LGBTQ individuals. “He’s anti-choice and anti-LGBTQ+ and a lying hypocrite.”Īsked for comment last week, Taylor, whose Harlem church has drawn controversy for refusing to perform same-sex marriages, did not acknowledge his nay vote on the Reproductive Health Act.īut in a statement, Taylor listed off some of his support for other abortion-related legislation, including voting for a 2019 bill that prohibited discrimination on the basis of reproductive health choices. “He did what was politically expedient,” he said. ![]()
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