2024 SPECIAL COMME
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Reproductive rights and equality for all expression, pregnancy, pregnancy outcomes, and reproductive health care and autonomy.” Abortion access may be the T he F ree por t Memorial Library hosted a detailed, lively issue that most readily comes panel discussion last Friday, to mind under the heading connecting women’s reproduc- “reproductive health care,” but it is not the only tive rights to the concern for N e w Yo rk S t a t e wo m e n . N o n d i s Equal Rights criminatory treatAmendment. ment before, during The program and after pregnanwas organized by cy is not uniformly the League of protected throughWomen Voters of out the state, nor is Central Nassau. gover nment supOn Nov. 5, voters port for children’s will have an opporhealth consistent tunity to enshrine statewide, the pana revised version elists said. of the state amendSusan Cushman, ment in law, by an English profesapproving it in the sor at Nassau Comvoting booth. m u n i t y C o l l e g e, New York curSuSAN CuSHMAN defined “reproducrently has an Equal English professor, t ive j u s t i c e ” by Rights Amendment referring to Loretta that prohibits dis- Nassau Community Ross, a professor of crimination based College women and gender on race, color, creed studies at Smith or religion. T he revised amendment adds more College. Ross named three tenets of protected categories: ethnicity, national origin, age, disability reproductive justice: the right not to have a child, which and sex. The category of sex is bro- involves abortion access; the ken down into “sexual orienta- right to have as many children tion, gender identity, gender Continued on page 9
By REINE BETHANY
Special to the Herald
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Courtesy June Owen
June owen holding hands with her daughter Laurel.
On mending a broken heart Dr. June Owens pens a book about healing process By MoHAMMAD RAFIQ mrafiq@liherald.com
Longtime Freeport resident June Owen recently authored her first book, “How to Get Over a Broken Heart.” Owen, 71, who has been a psychologist for 30 years, did not always know that psychology would prove to be her career path. Initially, she pursued a career in music, with dreams of becoming a concert pianist, and subsequently she received her undergraduate degree in music from Hofstra University. In the following years, she taught piano lessons, which is where Owen discovered her affinity for one-on-one interactions.
While music still remains her first love, certain practical realities — like the difficulty making a living as a musician — led her to search in other directions for her vocation, eventually, she settled on psychology. She subsequently earned her Masters degree in psychology from New York University, and her doctorate in clinical psychology from Yeshiva University. “I like to listen to people, hear people’s stories,” Owen, who has lived in Freeport for 27 years and operates her psychology clinic there, said. “I’m always interested in what makes people tick.” As a psychologist, Owen treats individuals with issues ranging from anxiety, depresContinued on page 5
e need a state constitution that protects your rights and my rights to have the bodily care that we deserve as a basic right.