According to the CDC, an increasing number of people are reporting symptoms of anxiety and depression nationwide, with the pandemic’s effects on mental health impacting young people the most.
In North Carolina, Democrats in the legislature were able to win enough seats to protect Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto power – giving hope that the crucial reproductive health care will remain in the state.
State Sen. Sydney Batch’s opponent Republican Mark Cavaliero, is anti-abortion and supports defunding the state’s largest abortion provider.
Just recently, a Tennessee doctor made a critical choice to save her patient’s life by sending her six hours away to North Carolina to receive an emergency abortion.
Some of the most powerful ads this election cycle have been centered around real women telling their personal abortion stories.
Exactly half of registered voters say they are more motivated to vote in the midterm elections than they were in previous elections, with abortion rights driving that motivation.
Pro-choice Democrat Rachel Hunt, the current North Carolina House representative for District 103, is now running for state Senate in District 42 in Mecklenburg County,
Gov. Roy Cooper must keep his veto power in order to prevent abortion from being even more severely restricted in North Carolina — or outright banned.
Abortion is on the ballot in North Carolina and EC Sykes has made his position against it very clear.
The Department of Veterans Affairs recently announced a new policy under which the VA will now be able to provide abortion counseling and, in certain cases, abortions to pregnant veterans and veteran beneficiaries.