The Kansas results show that voters are energized by the United States Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and are willing to take action to protect abortion access at the state level.
Neither Tillis nor Burr provided a reason as to why they believe pharmaceutical and insurance companies should continue to be allowed to rip off Americans in need of insulin and other life-saving drugs.
In North Carolina, state Republicans have mirrored their national counterparts in prompting a campaign against reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ youth, and educators, among many other communities.
“The Department of Justice will not take action that would restrict women’s ability to make their own reproductive health care decisions… protecting that ability is more important than ever,” AG Stein said in a statement.
Republican NC House Rep. Larry Pittman is in the news for a bill he filed 18 months ago that calls for a constitutional amendment allowing “deadly force” to be used against a person providing or seeking an abortion.
The Right to Contraception Act, which was introduced by Democratic Rep. Kathy Manning (NC-06), was passed by a final vote of 228-195 in the House.
“People throughout the Southeast rely on North Carolina as an access point,” stated Alexis McGill Johnson, CEO of Planned Parenthood. “Without Gov. Cooper’s help…the entire region would be devastated.”
Republican-led legislatures in many states have increasingly proposed or passed laws stripping away reproductive rights, despite solid support for those rights from voters.
Durham’s Community Safety Department launched three new crisis response pilot programs with a fourth still under development.
In the wake of the court’s decision, several Democratic governors met with President Joe Biden to discuss expanding protections and defending the fundamental right of reproductive freedom.