Facts about abortions in N.C.
Some facts about abortions in N.C. by Lisa Sorg of the Independent Weekly36 Number of abortion providers in N.C.1 If HB 695 becomes law27% Percentage of women 15–44 living in an N.C. county without an...
View ArticleHouse committee approves new version of abortion bill
WRAL.com: House committee approves new version of abortion billDemocrats said that language merely papered over the intent of the bill."This bill tramples on the rights of women for reproductive choice...
View ArticleThe GOP's "women's health" argument put to bed
Doctors are needed for abortions, but not for live births:This Article may be cited as the "Home Birth Freedom Act."The General Assembly makes the following findings:(1) There is a need for a person to...
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Breaking Blue: McCrory issues executive order outlawing pregnancy
BAT CAVE, NC - North Carolina's embattled deputy assistant governor today stepped up his fight to protect women's health in the Old North State."I'm tired of all these half measures," he said in a...
View ArticleGlazier on abortion: Let me get this straight
Rick Glazier's comments on the House floor on July 11, 2013Out of a purported concern for women’s health, and in light of the constitutional rule of Roe v. Wade, and an ostensible genuflect to the...
View ArticleOne more request
This brief documentary of the abortion debate hits home for me ... up close and personal. It also displays the breathtaking arrogance of Republicans who are trying to spin their legislation as having...
View ArticleWhat's next?
Well, we're nearing the end of the current legislative session and it's pretty much been a disaster.We've seen the extremist Republicans push through laws that restrict voting and abortion rights, give...
View ArticleWhy Don't You Gals Have Some Cookies?
Apparently some consultant told DAG McCrony that he wasn't showing enough "human side", so he offered a plate of cookies to the people who have been protesting all day yesterday and today against his...
View ArticleCourt injunction against abortion restrictions in Wisconson
It appears that McCrory's broken promise could come back to haunt him in more ways than one. Good to see the courts standing up for women's rights.
View ArticleTexas abortion law ruled unconstitutional
Coming soon to the Old North State. Won't be long before all of Tillisberger's "accomplishments" go down in flames of constitutional vengeance.
View Article'Choose Life' license plates DOA?
It must be hard being a lawyer in the Attorney General's office these days, being on the wrong side of so many fundamental issues. And not just voter suppression and gay marriage. The AG's office was...
View ArticleGreg Brannon exemplifies social conservative hypocrisy
The tea party nutjobs who have taken over the GOP always claim to be about freedom and the Constitution, but they always seem to be quite selective about which parts of the Constitution matter and...
View ArticleBreaking: NCGOP ultrasound law judged unconstitutional
Just in from the NC ACLU:"We just won our challenge to the ultrasound (“woman’s right to know”) law on the grounds that it violates doctors’ free speech rights to force them to communicate...
View ArticleCan you hear me now?
If I could think, I would be hard pressed to make sense of what's happening all around me. Those voices I hear ... are they doctors and nurses? ... are distant echoes to the laughing, breathing momma...
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