Alarming new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals a disturbing trend: cases of the deadly flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus have doubled on the East Coast compared to 2022.
Recently Governor Roy Cooper joined the Reproductive Freedom Alliance in filing a brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to safeguard access to mifepristone, an FDA-approved abortion medication, according to NC Newsline.
More than a third (35%) of rural North Carolina hospitals don’t offer maternity care, according to a new report from the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform.
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson doesn’t believe that abortions should be legal under any circumstance and he has expressed those views multiple times. But now he’s trying to pretend he doesn’t remember his past statements on abortion at the same time that he’s reiterated those beliefs on TV and in interviews.
On Jan. 22, pro-choice Americans marked 51 years since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion and gave women the right to bodily autonomy. On June 24, anti-choice Americans will no doubt celebrate the fact that it has been two years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is the favorite in North Carolina’s GOP gubernatorial primary and just like other Republicans, such as N.C. Sen. Ted Budd, Robinson has essentially stopped talking about abortion, or “the a-word,” as he now calls it.
President Biden and Democrats across the country held a series of events this month to highlight the fight for abortion rights as the nation marked what would have been the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade on January 22.
After House Bill 96 went into effect in February 2022, pharmacists in North Carolina gained the ability, after training, to provide hormonal contraceptives without a doctor’s prescription to both adults and minors who have parental consent.
Have you checked your home for radon? Governor Cooper thinks you should. Alongside the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Cooper declared January
A federal appeals court ruled this month that Texas hospitals cannot be required to perform emergency abortions to stabilize the life of a patient, despite federal guidance that advises the contrary.