Stevens’ declaration against birth control is just the latest in her long record of extremist stances on healthcare.
Changes to SNAP and Medicaid kicked in this month that will affect millions of North Carolina residents and their ability to access food and healthcare.
The cyclosporiasis outbreak has spurred conversation about the Trump administration’s part in exacerbating this growing public health concern due to cuts to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
With costs continuing to dominate kitchen-table conversations, North Carolina voters face a clear choice between two candidates with very different records and priorities on the issues hitting household budgets.
Rather than apply lessons from Medicaid and Medicare that would make health care work better for all of us, President Trump and Republicans in Congress traded our Medicaid for more tax breaks to the wealthiest households and corporations.
NCGOP Sen. Michael Lee of New Hanover County has spent the last decade-plus publicly portraying himself as a moderate while quietly and devastatingly voting against the interests of North Carolinians time after time.
North Carolina has been particularly hard hit by the Trump administration’s cuts to health care coverage and SNAP, which nearly 1.3 million residents rely on to put food on the table.
I am deeply grateful to Governor Cooper for standing with patients and vetoing North Carolina’s abortion ban. But that veto was overridden by Raleigh Republicans, and my patients continue to live with the consequences today. Now, Whatley wants to take these restrictions nationwide.
NC Democrats have proposed bills to push back against restrictions and protect reproductive health care for communities, as well as bills to improve maternal health in Black and rural communities.
‘I fear every day that somebody is going to say, You don’t have these services anymore,’ said Meredith Vaughn. Meredith Vaughn’s daughter, Vivian, or “Vivi,” as her friends call her, is 12 years old. She is a voracious reader and loves the musicals “Wicked” and “Hamilton.”