Last year, more than 171,000 Americans were forced to leave their homes and travel across state lines for an abortion. That’s nearly a fifth of all Americans who needed abortion care in 2023 — and more than twice as many people who had to do the same in 2019....
Abortion funds are a crucial piece of support that abortion seekers have in the South, and the need will overwhelm us so long as we continue to be driven by instances of rage and moments of fury.
The Republican nominee for attorney general isn’t retracting his support for the embattled gubernatorial candidate. Bishop has in the past described Robinson as “groundbreaking” and “the most formidable candidate [he’s] ever seen in North Carolina.”
The Senate filibuster rule requires a 60-vote threshold for most legislation to pass, making it virtually impossible to pass abortion rights legislation due to Republican opposition. Without the filibuster, a law restoring Roe v. Wade could pass with a simple majority, or 51 Senate votes.
Robinson, who has a long record of disparaging women, also said, "that means you don’t lay down and act like you’re making a baby until you’re ready to have a baby.”
Access to healthcare and reproductive rights are core moral issues Mark Robinson has outright flip-flopped about, one way or the other, within months of the election. North Carolinians deserve to know the earnestly held positions of the candidates seeking to represent them.
Mark Robinson, the Republican candidate for governor, said in multiple events recently that he eventually wants to see full abortion ban in North Carolina, despite his campaign ad last month in which he said he "stands behind" the state's "common sense" 12-week abortion ban.
Despite Trump's claims at the debate with Kamala Harris, most states with abortion bans, including North Carolina, have refused to allow voters to decide whether to protect abortion rights.
Trump spent much of Tuesday’s debate lying about his position on abortion, repeatedly spreading conspiracy theories about Democrats executing infants, and downplaying the very real consequences of the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Stein’s order directs state agencies under his office’s control to take measures to do what they can to protect reproductive rights in the state, which has a 12-week abortion ban on the books.
Republicans no longer have a supermajority in the NC House, but they need only one Democrat to join them, or to simply miss a vote, to still be able to override a veto from Josh Stein. And while Republican leaders have suggested they don't expect a push for further restrictions in 2025, Democrats say they've heard that before.
Researchers looked at the air pollution levels while the donor eggs were developing and the 72 days when the sperm was developing and found a link between an increase in exposure to air pollution and lower embryo quality and egg survival in both cases.
Doctors are concerned that misinformation about birth control might make some women get off it at a time when there are fewer options available for unintended pregnancies in the US.
We can also expect the Trump Administration to take away affordable health care coverage and federal funding for people with low incomes, blocking them from getting essential services like birth control, STI testing and treatment, and cancer screenings from the reproductive health care provider they trust.
A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found that 30% of these anti-abortion ‘fake clinics’ promote "abortion pill reversal," a treatment that’s not backed by science and does not meet clinical standards.