Abortion
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Audio: Mark Robinson’s endgame is a total abortion ban, starting with a 6-week ban
Robinson’s new remarks are just the latest in a long and well-documented anti-abortion record that includes support for a complete abortion ban, without exceptions for rape, incest, or to save the life of the mother.
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Jeff Jackson on how he’d defend abortion rights and democracy as NC Attorney General
What’s the best job in the world? Chances are, we all have a different answer to that question. For North Carolina Congressman Jeff Jackson, it’s the one he’s campaigning for this year. “If you like public service, being attorney general is the best job in the world. It is really about public service,” Jackson told…
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Republicans want to use a 150-year-old law to ban abortion nationwide
Project 2025, a conservative blueprint for a second Trump administration, calls for the Justice Department to start enforcing the Comstock Act of 1873. The old law bans the mailing of “anything designed, adapted, or intended for producing abortion,” which could include medical instruments.
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VIDEO: What Do Gerrymandering and Abortion Bans Have in Common
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…
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VIDEO: NC’s Next Attorney General Could Impact Abortion Rights
WATCH: Abortion rights will be one of the top issues on voters’ minds when they head to the polls this year. The race for North Carolina Attorney General could help decide what the future of legal abortion is in the state. Jeff Jackson is a Democratic candidate for Attorney General and has pledged to fight…
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VIDEO: NC Pastors Speaks Out for Abortion Rights
CJ Brinson is a Guilford County pastor, and believes that many in the “pro-life” movement are too narrowly focused on the issue of abortion and fail to support “policies that make life easier for those outside of the womb.” Brinson is speaking out in support for reproductive rights, and believes many who are strongly opposed…
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Cooper and Stein urge Supreme Court to protect access to medication abortion
A lawsuit filed by anti-abortion groups could restrict access to the most commonly used form of abortion, and is the biggest fight over reproductive healthcare since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
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Study: 65,000 rape-caused pregnancies in states with abortion bans
“Thousands of girls and women in states that banned abortion experienced rape-related pregnancy, but few (if any) obtained in-state abortions legally, suggesting that rape exceptions fail to provide reasonable access to abortion for survivors,” the study stated.
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Biden vows to ‘restore’ nationwide abortion rights in second term
During Tuesday’s event, the president and vice president highlighted several new measures the administration is taking to strengthen reproductive health care access, criticized extreme abortion bans, and highlighted the stakes of the 2024 election for reproductive rights.
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VIDEO: Rev. Heather Rodrigues: NC Abortion Law “Mandates Suffering”
On the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, a NC minister explains why Republican lawmakers’ abortion ban has made life more dangerous for women. The Rev. Heather Rodrigues of Duke Memorial in Durham was one of numerous faith leaders who spoke out Monday in Raleigh. Lawmakers’ 12-week abortion ban, which was part of 2023’s Senate…
