The current 20-week ban on abortions could very well turn into a six-week ban or possibly even a total ban if Republicans pick up five seats in the legislature this November.
Rural clinics and health centers in North Carolina are struggling to meet their patients’ basic needs due to a lack of basic resources and doctors.
“Crisis pregnancy centers exist for one purpose: to prevent a person from obtaining a safe, legal abortion,” stated Susanna Birdsong with Planned Parenthood North Carolina.
More than six weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Republicans are continuing their campaign to strip away reproductive freedoms across the country.
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.