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North Carolina’s new governor announces executive order to protect ‘reproductive freedom’
North Carolina Governor Josh Stein announced an executive order last week to protect access to abortion in the state. The executive order says that “reproductive freedom must remain protected and reproductive health care services must remain available in North Carolina…”
‘Reproductive freedom’ and ‘reproductive health care’ are frequently-used euphemisms for induced abortion — the direct and intentional killing of a preborn child.
“Our state has seen alarming attacks on women’s reproductive rights over the past few years, and I remain committed to doing everything in my power to protect women’s freedoms and their safety,” Stein said. “I am directing my cabinet agencies to take specific action to protect women and health care providers from extreme anti-reproductive freedom laws.”
According to reports, the executive order directs cabinet agencies to protect North Carolina doctors and medical professionals who commit abortions by refusing to cooperate with any efforts by pro-life states to impose penalties on abortionists, including investigations or prosecutions. It is unclear if an abortionist in North Carolina who commits an abortion on a woman from another state would face penalties if that woman suffers complications or dies from that abortion.
Stein added that he would deny extradition requests regarding abortions committed on women in pro-life states by abortionists in North Carolina. In addition, he ordered the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to provide information to women about pregnancy help centers; given that Stein wants the health department to take steps to further protect abortion access, it is likely that this information about pregnancy centers will contain pro-abortion bias.
In 2023, North Carolina passed a law to protect preborn children from abortion after 12 weeks and six days, with exceptions for children conceived in rape or incest.
The new order comes on the heels of the tragic story of Amber Thurman, who traveled to North Carolina from her home state of pro-life Georgia to obtain an abortion in August 2022. She was given abortion pills at nine weeks pregnant with twins and she returned to Georgia where she experienced an incomplete abortion, developed a serious sepsis infection, and died.
It is considerably dangerous for women to be given abortion drugs or a surgical abortion in a different state than the one in which they reside, and then be sent back home where it is highly possible that they will not be provided with the abortion follow-up care they need. But when financial profit and women’s safety are at odds, it is usually financial profit that takes precedence.
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North Carolina’s new governor announces executive order to protect ‘reproductive freedom’
North Carolina Governor Josh Stein announced an executive order last week to protect access to abortion in the state. The executive order says that “reproductive freedom must remain protected and reproductive health care services must remain available in North Carolina…”
‘Reproductive freedom’ and ‘reproductive health care’ are frequently-used euphemisms for induced abortion — the direct and intentional killing of a preborn child.
“Our state has seen alarming attacks on women’s reproductive rights over the past few years, and I remain committed to doing everything in my power to protect women’s freedoms and their safety,” Stein said. “I am directing my cabinet agencies to take specific action to protect women and health care providers from extreme anti-reproductive freedom laws.”
According to reports, the executive order directs cabinet agencies to protect North Carolina doctors and medical professionals who commit abortions by refusing to cooperate with any efforts by pro-life states to impose penalties on abortionists, including investigations or prosecutions. It is unclear if an abortionist in North Carolina who commits an abortion on a woman from another state would face penalties if that woman suffers complications or dies from that abortion.
Stein added that he would deny extradition requests regarding abortions committed on women in pro-life states by abortionists in North Carolina. In addition, he ordered the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to provide information to women about pregnancy help centers; given that Stein wants the health department to take steps to further protect abortion access, it is likely that this information about pregnancy centers will contain pro-abortion bias.
In 2023, North Carolina passed a law to protect preborn children from abortion after 12 weeks and six days, with exceptions for children conceived in rape or incest.
The new order comes on the heels of the tragic story of Amber Thurman, who traveled to North Carolina from her home state of pro-life Georgia to obtain an abortion in August 2022. She was given abortion pills at nine weeks pregnant with twins and she returned to Georgia where she experienced an incomplete abortion, developed a serious sepsis infection, and died.
It is considerably dangerous for women to be given abortion drugs or a surgical abortion in a different state than the one in which they reside, and then be sent back home where it is highly possible that they will not be provided with the abortion follow-up care they need. But when financial profit and women’s safety are at odds, it is usually financial profit that takes precedence.
Live Action News is pro-life news and commentary from a pro-life perspective.
Our work is possible because of our donors. Please consider giving to further our work of changing hearts and minds on issues of life and human dignity.
Contact editor@liveaction.org for questions, corrections, or if you are seeking permission to reprint any Live Action News content.
Guest Articles: To submit a guest article to Live Action News, email editor@liveaction.org with an attached Word document of 800-1000 words. Please also attach any photos relevant to your submission if applicable. If your submission is accepted for publication, you will be notified within three weeks. Guest articles are not compensated (see our Open License Agreement). Thank you for your interest in Live Action News!
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