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A handful of pro-choice demonstrators stand nearby as New York state gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino held a news conference to kick off his campaign for the governor's race, Thursday March 6, 2014, from the steps of the Bronx County Courthouse in New York. The Republican kicked off his campaign in the Bronx because the county has been "forgotten economically" by the nation, he said, and touted his Hispanic voter base in Westchester County. The Bronx is the state's only county with a majority Hispanic population. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Surrounded by mostly supporters, New York state gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino, center, speaks as he kicks off his campaign for the governor's race with a news conference, Thursday March 6, 2014, on the steps of the Bronx County Courthouse in New York. The Republican kicked off his campaign in the Bronx because the county has been "forgotten economically" by the nation, he said, and touted his Hispanic voter base in Westchester County. The Bronx is the state's only county with a majority Hispanic population. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Surrounded by supporters, New York state gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino, center, leaves a news conference after he kicked off his campaign for the governor's race, Thursday March 6, 2014, from the steps of the Bronx County Courthouse in New York. The Republican kicked off his campaign in the Bronx because the county has been "forgotten economically" by the nation, he said, and touted his Hispanic voter base in Westchester County. The Bronx is the state's only county with a majority Hispanic population. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Surrounded by supporters, New York state gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino, center, leaves a news conference after he kicked off his campaign for the governor's race, Thursday March 6, 2014, on the steps of the Bronx County Courthouse in New York. The Republican kicked off his campaign in the Bronx because the county has been "forgotten economically" by the nation, he said, and touted his Hispanic voter base in Westchester County. The Bronx is the state's only county with a majority Hispanic population. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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The country's very first birthing center that doubles as an abortion clinic opened on Feb. 14, 2014 in Buffalo, N.Y. (Facebook: Birthing Center of Buffalo)
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Chief Deputy District Attorney John Topolnicki holds up a photo of Eric Autobee, a corrections officer who the prosecutor said was fatally attacked by Edward Montour, during opening arguments in Douglas County District Court, Wednesday, March 5, 2014, in Castle Rock. Colo. Montour was serving a life sentence for the 1997 death of his 11-week-old daughter when prosecutors say he beat to death Autobee in 2002. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, and prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. (AP Photo/The Denver Post, RJ Sangosti, Pool)
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Edward Montour appears in Douglas County District Court during opening arguments, Wednesday, March 5, 2014, in Castle Rock, Colo. Montour, who was serving a life sentence for the 1997 death of his 11-week-old daughter when prosecutors say he beat to death corrections officer Eric Autobee in 2002. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, and prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. (AP Photo/The Denver Post, RJ Sangosti, Pool)
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Edward Montour appears in Douglas County District Court during opening arguments, Wednesday, March 5, 2014, in Castle Rock. Colo. Montour, who was serving a life sentence for the 1997 death of his 11-week-old daughter when prosecutors say he beat to death corrections officer Eric Autobee in 2002. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, and prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. (AP Photo/The Denver Post, RJ Sangosti, Pool
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House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. speaks at the Conservative Political Action Committee annual conference in National Harbor, Md., Thursday, March 6, 2014. Ryan said GOP leaders and conservative activists should "give each other the benefit of the doubt" in the debate over the party's future. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
