State Sen. Michael Lee has voted to restrict abortion rights seven times in the last several years. That’s despite campaigning on a promise to “oppose an extreme ban on abortion.”
Republicans, from Trump to Mark Robinson, have been running away from their anti-choice records, hoping voters will overlook their controversial stance against reproductive rights.
The Biden-Harris administration approved a plan under which NC will give hospitals additional Medicaid funds if they forgive the medical debt of approximately 2 million residents. The plan has the potential to relieve as much as $4B in medical debt from the last decade.
Melinda Bales lists four priorities on her website. One important topic that Bales seems to avoid, however, is reproductive rights. Her website makes no mention of where Bales stands on the issue, and she has yet to divulge her stance publicly.
North Carolina ranked 33rd in women’s health and reproductive care outcomes. In terms of maternal health, NC’s rates for maternal deaths while pregnant and infant mortality were both above the national average.
More than 500,000 North Carolina residents have enrolled in the state’s Medicaid expansion program since its launch about seven months ago, officials announced recently.
Following another weekend marked by shootings that left dozens of people dead or wounded, the U.S. Surgeon General declared gun violence a public health crisis.
Outside of Bear’s Smokehouse BBQ in the South Slope of Asheville, North Carolina, you will find a bus. This is the Hope Bus.
States with highly restrictive abortion bans have seen a significant drop in prescriptions for birth control and emergency contraception, according to a new national study.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed new federal regulations this month that would prohibit including current and future medical debt on credit reports.