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With sweeping abortion restrictions, NC Senate Bill 20 will harm poor people and families, limit economic opportunity
Our communities thrive when we all have the right to choose if and when we want to have children, and have everything we need for our families to be safe and healthy. We can’t have true economic security without reproductive justice, including accessible and affordable abortion care. Senate Bill 20, which was vetoed by Gov….
Freedom, justice, and economic vitality threatened by potential abortion restrictions
No matter the policy details or attending political spin, any effort to further limit abortion access would be a social and economic disaster. Even if we only consider the economic ramifications, attacks on abortion access would degrade the freedom of people who can become pregnant and undermine our state’s economic vitality.
NC lawmakers increase funds for harmful ”crisis pregnancy centers”
In the two-year budget enacted in 2021, the North Carolina General Assembly included allocations of more than $15 million to so-called “crisis pregnancy centers.” Approximately $7 million of those allocations were set to be spent during the second year of the budget, which began on July 1, 2022, and ends June 30, 2023. However, last…
