“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.
During a month marked by attacks on the transgender community in multiple states across the country, North Carolina is among the few states that can tout some victories.
The daughter of Rep. Greg Murphy, an anti-choice election denier from North Carolina’s 3rd District, spoke out about a horrific tweet her father sent.
A recent study of Innovations Waiver recipients in North Carolina found racial, gender, geographic, and age inequities among those receiving services.
North Carolina Senators Thom Tillis and Richard Burr voted against a bill that would provide help for Veterans who have been exposed to hazardous toxins during their service, a bill that they helped to craft.
Hospitals that charge survivors for conducting rape kit tests could be fined up to $25,000 if North Carolina House Bill 626 becomes law.
U.S. District Court Judge Loretta Biggs wrote that hormone therapy and surgeries “can be medically necessary to treat gender dysphoria in some cases.”