The Right to Life Party was a qualified party in New York state from 1978 through 2002. It went off the ballot in November 2002 because its gubernatorial candidate that year polled 44,195 votes, below the 50,000 vote requirement.

However, the party has continued to run candidates by petition, especially in Westchester County. The highest-level office it has run for recently has been Judge of the Supreme Court, 9th district. State Supreme Court judges in New York are elected in partisan elections. In 2004 it got 1.39% of the vote for that office; in 2005, it got 4.17% for its highest vote-getter for that office; in 2007, it got 3.43% for its highest vote-getter. In 2008, there are no Supreme Court elections in the district that includes Westchester County, so the party will decide whether to petition for some other partisan office. The Westchester County chapter will hold a meeting on June 25 to make a decision.