“We know they might outvote us but that’s not why we mobilize,” Barber said in his speech. “We mobilize so what they’re doing is not done in the dark… We’re going to wear your hind parts out on Election Day.”
North Carolina’s extremist Republican-controlled legislature passed a 12-week abortion ban last month – but that is likely only the beginning of the restrictions we could see in our state.
Gov. Roy Cooper said the Senate’s proposal is a “historic disaster for public education” because “It fails to fund basic needs and will force school leaders to cut everything from bus routes to courses.”
Sen. Lee was a deciding vote on the bill that will impose often insurmountable barriers on early abortions. In doing so, he voted in lock-step with far-right Republicans in the North Carolina General Assembly in an effort to decimate reproductive freedom in our state.
While the measure sailed through two House committees with ease, it’s now doubtful that the bill will be passed this legislative session after the planned House floor vote on it was canceled.
The number of children and teens under 18 who died from guns spiked by 50% between 2019 and 2021, according to the Pew Research Center.
Republican Sen. Mike Lee and Republican Reps. Ted Davis, John Bradford and Tricia Cotham campaigned on either supporting abortion rights or on not further restricting them – they all voted for the extreme 12-week ban.
2023 has been a bleak year. Where is the light at the end of the tunnel? Where is the hope we are desperately looking for? We are that hope.
“It’s sad. It’s disheartening,” Jordan Parker, a senior at Durham School of Arts, told WRAL. “I’d like to see a difference – more legislation on guns. We need change. We’re calling for it.
Called The People’s Coalition, progressive groups are mobilizing as this year’s legislative session is marred by discriminatory bills spearheaded by state Republicans.