Factbox: New York’s Catholic Gov. Cuomo Faces Abortion Dilemma

Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s announcement of a forthcoming “women’s equality act” in his Jan. 9 State of the State speech was light on specifics. That’s perhaps why Catholic Church clergy in Central New York sounded skeptical this week in a Post-Standard news story second-guessing what Cuomo meant when he referred to a pending bill designed to “protect a woman’s freedom of choice by enacting a “reproductive health act.” Catholic Church officials believe Cuomo’s “women’s equality act” may be the one pushed for the last six years by state Sen. …