Rural North Carolina Communities Need Investments In Healthcare
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.
August 25, 2022
Health
Hypocrisy Alert: Republicans Call To Protect Controversial Pregnancy Crisis Centers
“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.
August 18, 2022
NCGA Republicans pushing abortion restrictions in 2023; Speaker Moore supports 6-week ban
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.
August 18, 2022
Kansas Abortion Vote Gives Hope To Progressive Voices In NC
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.
August 16, 2022
Senators Tillis, Burr Vote To Keep Insulin Costs High For Americans In Need
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.
August 15, 2022
Priorities Of NC Republicans Are Made Clear In Their Latest Attacks
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.
August 8, 2022
NC Attorney General Josh Stein Stands Up For Reproductive Rights
“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.
August 4, 2022
Controversial NC Politician In The News For 2021 Bill Allowing Those Seeking An Abortion To Be Killed
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.
August 3, 2022
NC Rep. Kathy Manning’s Bill Guaranteeing Access To Contraception Passes; Budd, 7 Other NC Republicans Vote Against
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.
July 22, 2022
Gov. Cooper Signs Order To Protect Reproductive Rights In NC
“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.”
July 18, 2022