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Spectrum News: Pro-Life group concerned free speech rights are jeopardized at clinics
Members of anti-abortion group, Cities4Life, are complaining about police officers ‘infringing on their First Amendment rights’. An executive director of Cities4Life cites a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer as the source of concern. The CMPD officer threatened to issue a citation to a member under an ordinance that prohibits blocking or interfering with pedestrian and vehicle traffic.…
Read MoreDevastating: Argentina keeps abortion illegal
This week Argentinian senators created another roadblock for abortion rights in their country. Currently abortion is only legal in cases of rape or if the parent’s health is at risk. These conditions are difficult to prove, and many people in Argentina have suffered or even died because of this law. Senators voted 38 to 31…
Read MoreQNotes: Local abortion provider concerned over Trump Supreme Court pick
Trump ran on anti-abortion rhetoric and claimed he would overturn Roe v. Wade. If his supreme court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, is confirmed Trump will have the means to make good on his campaign promise. This is alarming to a Charlotte abortion provider who’s had to deal with almost 20,000 protestors in the past year. She knows…
Read MoreRewire: To See the Potential ‘Devastating’ Effect of Trump’s Domestic Gag Rule, Look to Colorado
The Trump administration’s proposed domestic gag rule is another clear attack on abortion access. The rule mimics a 90s executive order in Colorado. Trump is forcing health clinics to “disentangle” themselves from abortion services or lose federal funding. In Colorado, it was nearly impossible to prove health clinics were separate from abortion services. Nearly half of Planned…
Read MoreWRAL: Raleigh events protest Trump immigration stance
Over 2,000 immigrant children and babies have been separated from their families and placed into shelters and camps since April of this year. This practice is immoral, inhumane, and un-American. That’s why North Carolinians took to the streets on Wednesday to demand an end to the Trump Administration’s human rights abuses, and for families to…
Read MoreMountain Express: Mayor Manheimer joins nationwide mayor group in opposition to abortion gag rule
Anti-Trump and pro-abortion, these NC mayors got it right. Trump’s new nationwide gag rule makes it illegal for healthcare facilities that receive Title X funding to tell patients how to safely, and legally access abortion. Taking away access to reliable truthful healthcare information is an attack on those who need it most. Mayor Esther Manheimer of Asheville…
Read MoreThe Washington Post: Trump thrusts abortion fight into crucial midterm elections
The Trump administration announced that it is taking action to dismantle federal funding for health clinics. The proposed change would mean ANY health clinic that even mentions abortion services to patients cannot receive Title X funds, which means many would be forced to choose between actual health care and closing their doors. Doctors and nurses…
Read MoreWinston Salem Journal: Our view: Our teachers deserve help
North Carolinians support their teachers. Teachers in our state are working in crumbling buildings, with no supplies, for low pay. Many teachers work multiple jobs to make ends meet. Republicans want us to believe that they have fixed the problem, but according to our teachers, the problems have only gotten worse. The people of this…
Read MoreThe Winston-Salem Journal: Stand with the teachers
On May 16th thousands of educators across North Carolina will be heading to Raleigh to confront lawmakers and demand more funding for our schools. Teachers in North Carolina make $9,600 less than the national average. Many teachers work multiple jobs to make ends meet. Classroom funding has been cut in half over the last 10…
Read MoreThe Chicago Tribune: I don’t think abortion is murder, and neither do you
Americans– both pro- and anti-abortion– do not believe abortions are homicide. This idea is just a tool of the anti-abortion movement to punish and stigmatize those who have abortions. Even anti-abortion zealots do not advocate for treating those who exercise this right in the same way we do murderers. This means that the whole “abortion…
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