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REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS

Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, being turned away from ERs despite federal law

Even as the Biden administration publicly warned hospitals to treat pregnant patients in emergencies, facilities continue to violate the federal law. The issue became a focus for the administration following reports of women being improperly treated in emergency rooms after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the constitutional right to an abortion more than two years ago.

Kyleigh Thurman, one of the patients who is filing a federal complaint against an emergency room for not treating her ectopic pregnancy, talks about her experience at her studio, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Burnet County, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Comstock Act

Opinion: Comstock is Trump and the GOP’s backdoor to a national abortion ban

In an op-ed, Kate Kelly highlights how the 1873 Comstock Act, passed at the behest of Anthony Comstock —  a man so obsessed with abortion providers, he drove one to suicide with his relentless harassment — could be revived by Republicans to enact a nationwide abortion ban.
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS - Cardinal & Pine

Opinion: Despite his silence, Donald Trump’s health care plan is bad medicine for Americans, especially women

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“Donald Trump’s actions and intentions would effectively put politicians in the exam room with doctors and our patients,” Dr. Amelia Sutton, a maternal-fetal medicine physician in Charlotte, writes in an op-ed.
Election 2024 North Carolina Abortion

Abortion bans are top of mind for young women in North Carolina as they consider Harris or Trump

Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the tensions over abortion in North Carolina have only intensified, setting up the presidential election as a referendum on fundamental rights for tens of millions of women.
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Three Mecklenburg County women could be key to breaking the GOP supermajority in the General Assembly

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Democrats are hoping to break the Republicans’ grip on the General Assembly. Beth Helfrich, Woodson Bradley, and Nicole Sidman could be the reason they succeed. 
Health

White House says health insurance needs to fully cover condoms, other over-the-counter birth control

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The proposal comes days before Election Day, as Vice President Kamala Harris affixes her presidential campaign to a promise of expanding women's health care access in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to undo nationwide abortion rights two years ago. 
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS - Cardinal & Pine

How Dan Bishop could target abortion rights as NC attorney general

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In post-Roe America, states now have the final say on reproductive rights. If Dan Bishop were to be elected North Carolina attorney general, his past votes and comments suggest he would seek to use the power of his position to restrict access.