Community
Making History in Black History Month: Bump.Baby.Bliss
Unfortunately, here in North Carolina Black women are three times as likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women.
February 21, 2024
Health
Feature
Knowledge Of Pregnancy Correlates With Abortion Support, New Study Finds
“We found that people who had a better understanding of pregnancy were more opposed to legislation restricting access to abortion,” Steven Greene, co-author of the study and a professor of political science at NC State said.
February 21, 2024
Feature
Attorney General Josh Stein Joins Coalition to Protect Abortion Pill Access
“No woman should ever have to worry about whether she can get the medication she needs,” stated Attorney General Josh Stein. “I will continue to do everything in my power to stand up for women’s reproductive freedoms.”
February 21, 2024
Health
Mark Robinson Says Trans People Should ‘Find a Corner Outside’ If They Want to Use the Bathroom – or Get Arrested
Judging by his recent campaign stops, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has been feeling nostalgic lately – nostalgic for a time in North Carolina’s recent past when NC Republican leaders told transgender people which bathroom they could use in public spaces.
February 13, 2024
Environment
Flesh-Eating Bacteria Infections Rise on East Coast Amid Rising Water Temperatures
Alarming new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals a disturbing trend: cases of the deadly flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus have doubled on the East Coast compared to 2022.
February 12, 2024
Health
Governor Cooper Joins Reproductive Freedom Alliance Amicus Brief in SCOTUS Case Targeting Mifepristone
Recently Governor Roy Cooper joined the Reproductive Freedom Alliance in filing a brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to safeguard access to mifepristone, an FDA-approved abortion medication, according to NC Newsline.
February 12, 2024
Health
Access To Obstetric Care In Rural North Carolina Dwindles, Even As Abortion Restrictions Have Made Demand Rise
More than a third (35%) of rural North Carolina hospitals don’t offer maternity care, according to a new report from the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform.
February 12, 2024
Health
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson Doubles Down on Banning Abortion While Pretending That’s Not What He’s Doing
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson doesn’t believe that abortions should be legal under any circumstance and he has expressed those views multiple times. But now he’s trying to pretend he doesn’t remember his past statements on abortion at the same time that he’s reiterated those beliefs on TV and in interviews.
February 5, 2024
Health
NC Faith Leaders Hold Rally Outside NCGA in Support of Abortion Rights
On Jan. 22, pro-choice Americans marked 51 years since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion and gave women the right to bodily autonomy. On June 24, anti-choice Americans will no doubt celebrate the fact that it has been two years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe
February 5, 2024
Health
Mark Robinson Says He ‘Doesn’t Recall’ His Extreme Statements on Abortion – But We Do
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is the favorite in North Carolina’s GOP gubernatorial primary and just like other Republicans, such as N.C. Sen. Ted Budd, Robinson has essentially stopped talking about abortion, or “the a-word,” as he now calls it.
January 29, 2024