Leader Blue and Leader Reives statement on proposed 12-Week abortion ban
The Office of Senate Democratic Leader Dan Blue and House Democratic Leader Robert Reives
"Republican leadership has once again schemed behind closed doors and silenced the voices of both members of the public and members of the state legislature in order to force a harmful abortion ban down our throats. North Carolinians believe in freedom, including the freedom to decide if and when to start a family. The North Carolina GOP believe in hoarding their own power by any means necessary, including by putting lives in danger.
We’ve seen the devastating consequences in states that have banned abortion: rising rates of maternal mortality, women needlessly suffering after a miscarriage, patients turned away from hospitals when they need life-saving health care, and families trapped in generational poverty. We can’t let these horror stories come to North Carolina. We can’t let our fundamental human rights be violated.
North Carolinians are facing rising housing costs, underfunded public schools, unaffordable medical care, and increasing gun violence in their neighborhoods. North Carolinians don’t want another dangerous abortion ban – they want their leaders to step up and do what is right for their kids and their families. They don’t want another culture war – they want leaders who will respect their right to make their own decisions on what’s best for their health care, their lives, and their futures."
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