Kirsten Gillibrand in The New York Daily News
On Abortion:
Majority of women use contraception; it's not "evil"
The anti-abortion Long spoke out against President Obama's mandate that religious employers who provide worker health insurance cover birth control, with limited exemptions.
Long called it a threat to religious liberties to require people of faith and religious institutions who view abortion and contraception as 'evil' to include them in insurance coverage."
Gillibrand shot back that the overwhelming majority of women use some type of contraception. "To say that's evil shows a
disregard for the ability of a woman to make that personal life and death decision about her own body and her family," she said.
Source: New York Daily News on 2012 N. Y. Senate debate
Oct 17, 2012
On Health Care:
Opposes NYC large sugary drink ban
There was some common ground.
Both oppose the idea of a federal ban on the sale of large sugary drinks similar to the one enacted by Mayor Bloomberg in the city.
Source: New York Daily News on 2012 N. Y. Senate debate
Oct 17, 2012
On Homeland Security:
No across-the-board budget cuts to anti-terrorism
Gillibrand used it to blast sequestration that would require across the board budget cuts to areas like federal anti-terror funding.
Referencing Wednesday's thwarted terrorist attack in New York City, Long said it's further evidence that the United States must stand with Israel in ensuring Iran does not have nuclear capabilities while
Source: New York Daily News on 2012 N. Y. Senate debate
Oct 17, 2012
On War & Peace:
Al Qaeda has metastasized; get troops out of Afghanistan
While Long criticized Obama for setting a 2014 withdrawal date for troops in Afghanistan, Gillibrand said she believes America should leave now.Gillibrand said Al Quaeda has "metastasized" to other parts of the world. "I do not believe that we should
continue our investment of troops, troops' lives and our money in Afghanistan because the threat has moved," she said; the US needs a "counter-terrorism approach instead of a counter insurgency approach. We need narrow targeted missions," she said.
Source: New York Daily News on 2012 N. Y. Senate debate
Oct 17, 2012
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