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The New York State Right to Life Party was founded to oppose the legalization of abortion in New York in 1970. The party first made the state ballot in the 1978 gubernatorial election where its candidate Mary Jane Tobin won 130000 votes. Its share of the vote subsequently declined although it maintained official ballot status until 2002 when it fell short of the 50000 votes required to remain on the ballot. In 2006 the party endorsed Reverend Jennifer Liese for Governor.