The Republican-controlled General Assembly passed its 12-week abortion ban over the objections of nearly every medical association and a majority of North Carolinians, and they did it at night and with little chance for debate.
They passed new election maps, which all but ensure they maintain a supermajority in a 50-50 political state, in a similarly secretive way.
Voters are paying attention, Jillian Riley, Director of Public Affairs for Planned Parenthood South Atlantic in North Carolina, said at a gerrymandering event in Raleigh last month.
“College students including young women and young boys, abortion is the number one issue this election,” she said.
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