The ruling, the final word on a decision the judge rendered in April, blocks several state restrictions on abortion medication, but leaves others in place.
The Right to Contraception Act would protect access to birth control nationwide as many reproductive rights advocates worry that contraceptive access will be Republicans’ next target after they successfully helped overturn Roe v. Wade.
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In interviews with Cardinal & Pine, doctors laid out the ban’s impact in North Carolina, describing a landscape of delays, backlogs, and hesitancy that forces doctors to consult lawyers before saving patients' lives.
The 26 year-old Anderson Clayton, who was elected to lead the state’s Democratic Party last year, says that young people’s voices will only be listened to when they get involved and fight to change the system.
A bill co-sponsored by Rep. Alma Adams of North Carolina would expand access to a vital tool in the fight to address the nation’s Black maternal health crisis.
“IVF allowed me to become a mother, one of the most special titles that I hold. It has given me opportunities and experiences that I did not think would be possible in the trenches of my infertility,” Beal said.
A state cannot enact restrictions to a drug if the Federal Food and Drug Administration had already “expressly considered and rejected” them, the judge wrote.
North Carolina is currently one of the few places to which women from Southern states can travel for abortion care—but even here, women are under threat by grandstanding candidates and lawmakers who will put their taking points over our safety.
Our goal is to examine the deep roots of the Black maternal health crisis in North Carolina, offer important resources, and amplify the personal stories behind the numbers.
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