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Planned
Parenthood
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rally on
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Supporters of Planned Parenthood
gathered last Wednesday on Grand Street
to protest what they are calling a gag rule
that restricts health care providers from
counseling patients about how and where
they can access abortion.
The National Planned Parenthood
organization announced August 19 that it
would withdraw from the federal family
planning program that provides birth
control and other health services to poor
women rather than comply with a new
Trump administration rule that forbids
referrals to doctors who can perform
abortions.
Planned Parenthood receives about
$60 million annually through the federal
program, known as Title X. The funds
have enabled the group to provide more
than 1.5 million low-income women each
year with services like birth control and
pregnancy tests, as well as screenings for
sexually transmitted diseases and breast
and cervical cancer.
The group’s decision was cheered by
anti-abortion advocates, who have long
sought to strip Planned Parenthood of
Federal Funding.
“Planned Parenthood, our nation’s
largest abortion provider, today made
a choice not to separate its abortion
operation from Title X services, and in
doing declined Title X funding,” said
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SERVING NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
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Fighter jets weren’t the only ones soaring above New Windsor this past weekend. Dancers from Footworks Dance Center also left the ground, Saturday, at New Windsor
Community Day. More photos on page 5.
Sky Ride attracts 1,000 motorcycles
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
Last Saturday morning the Walkway
Over the Hudson was closed to pedestrians
to allow 1,070 motorcyclists, along with
403 passengers, from nearly 20 motorcycle
clubs and community organizations, to
ride across the 6,768 foot span, starting at
the Ulster Welcome Center on the western
side of the bridge. The ride officially kicks
off a period of a few months that honors
the 10th anniversary of the opening of the
Walkway in October 2009.
The riders were led by the Hudson
Valley Red Knights, a club comprised
of current and retired firefighters in
Dutchess and Ulster counties and Wheels
of Honor, a specially branded police car
honoring those in law enforcement who
were killed in the line of duty.
In a prepared statement, Rich
Valentine, President of the Red Knights
Chapter 37, said, “We’re proud to have been
able to mobilize to support the Walkway
Over the Hudson in raising vital funds
to enhance their veterans programming
to reach more of our heroes than ever
before, as well as make the Walkway
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more accessible to all.” Funds raised will
be used to purchase an electric tram
that can be used by visitors who require
assistance getting on, off or across the
span. In addition, more wheelchairs
will be added to the Walkway’s fleet for
visitors.
The funds will also go to support the
group Vet2Vet. According to their website,
the organization, “is a consumer/provider
partnership program that utilizes
veterans in recovery in a peer-counseling
capacity to help other veterans. Vet2vet
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