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The Affordable Care Act expanded access to healthcare for millions of Americans. A second Trump presidency could end that progress, especially in rural North Carolina. Fourteen years ago, on March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act...
The Alabama Supreme Court ruled last month that embryos are children and have all the protections under state law afforded to an 8-year old. That means, the justices wrote, that freezing embryos and then later discarding them, a necessary part of the process of in...
The Republican Study Committee’s proposed budget calls for cutting Social Security and Medicare and banning abortion after 15 weeks nationwide. It would also pose a threat to IVF and slash funding for rental assistance and programs that help build housing, and more.
WATCH: Charlotte's Stacy Staggs says the government should work for its people! 💪🏻 We talked to Staggs about a new push to restore the pandemic-era child tax credit payments. The temporary reform proposed by President Biden cut childhood poverty in half during the...
In the wake of an Alabama court ruling that threatens fertility treatments, a group of North Carolina mothers and doctors warn that any restrictions on the process would mean fewer moms having babies in North Carolina.
More honors for one of NC's prettiest little mountain towns. 🏔️ @southernliving recently named their picks for best small towns in each state, and Blowing Rock tops the list for NC. "These towns may be small in size, but they’re big on charm," Southern Living...
From maternal health to menopause, government agencies will study the health issues that emerge across a woman’s lifespan.
Dr. Abby Schultz, a Durham OB-GYN, spoke with @cardinalandpine about the repercussions of North Carolina's 12-week abortion ban. "It puts us in a really hard situation where we end up having to be the face of the law and the face of a law that we don't agree with,"...
The Biden administration has announced tens of millions of dollars in new funding to help women-and minority owned small-businesses in North Carolina get started and grow. The money, from the American Rescue Plan, will go to 10 venture capital funds in Durham...
