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Good news about protecting rights of women to choose--North Carolina
From Ohio to Arizona, state governments are enacting abortion bans following the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade. However, a handful of other states are doing the opposite, with their governors signing executive orders to strengthen existing state protections to abortion.
The governors of Colorado, North Carolina, Maine and Rhode Island have joined those who have taken an extra step in protecting abortion rights in their state this week.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order to strengthen access to reproductive health care in the state on Wednesday.
The order takes several steps to defend the existing services in North Carolina, including to state that patients who receive abortions or providers who perform abortions will not be penalized or criminalized for providing, receiving or inquiring about reproductive health care services.
“For now, it’s up to the states to determine whether women get reproductive health care, and in North Carolina they still can, thanks to my veto and enough legislative votes to sustain it. I am determined to keep it that way and people need to know that their votes in state legislative races this November will determine the fate of women’s health and freedom in our state,” Cooper said at the signing of the executive order.
In a statement on Wednesday, Cooper said that North Carolina has already seen an influx of patients coming from other states to seek abortion care. Citing data from Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, Cooper said that one third of abortion patients scheduled in North Carolina this week are from different states.
“That means there are projected to be at least 10,000 people coming to North Carolina to access reproductive health care services, mostly from states with bans and tighter restrictions. These are just numbers from Planned Parenthood, and do not include estimates from the state’s other trusted providers,” Cooper said in his statement.
The governors of Colorado, North Carolina, Maine and Rhode Island have joined those who have taken an extra step in protecting abortion rights in their state this week.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order to strengthen access to reproductive health care in the state on Wednesday.
The order takes several steps to defend the existing services in North Carolina, including to state that patients who receive abortions or providers who perform abortions will not be penalized or criminalized for providing, receiving or inquiring about reproductive health care services.
“For now, it’s up to the states to determine whether women get reproductive health care, and in North Carolina they still can, thanks to my veto and enough legislative votes to sustain it. I am determined to keep it that way and people need to know that their votes in state legislative races this November will determine the fate of women’s health and freedom in our state,” Cooper said at the signing of the executive order.
In a statement on Wednesday, Cooper said that North Carolina has already seen an influx of patients coming from other states to seek abortion care. Citing data from Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, Cooper said that one third of abortion patients scheduled in North Carolina this week are from different states.
“That means there are projected to be at least 10,000 people coming to North Carolina to access reproductive health care services, mostly from states with bans and tighter restrictions. These are just numbers from Planned Parenthood, and do not include estimates from the state’s other trusted providers,” Cooper said in his statement.
Link to article, which contains information for each of the states mentioned. https://abcnews.go.com/US/north-carolina-governor-signs-executive-order-protect-abortion/story?id=86330488
Link to Governor Cooper's statement: https://governor.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2022/07/06/governor-cooper-signs-executive-order-help-protect-womens-access-reproductive-health-care-north
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