The anti-abortion groups Jubilee Campaign’s Law of Life Project (LOLP) and the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) have filed a motion to intervene in the injunction of a North Carolina law that would have forced abortion providers to show women an ultrasound and describe it to themA trio of groups were behind the successful push to place a constitutional amendment barring same-sex marriage, as well as civil unions and domestic partnerships for gay and lesbian couples, on the 2012 primary ballot in North Carolina. Those groups — the Christian Action League, Return America and the North More…
A new poll by Public Policy Polling released Friday shows that if the election were held in late October, a constitutional amendment barring same-sex marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships in North Carolina would pass with a margin of 24 points. However, North Carolinians also say they support civil More…
North Carolina state Sen. James Forrester, of Gaston County, died Monday at the age of 74. Forrester was the lead author of a constitutional amendment that, if passed by voters in May, would ban same-sex marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships in North Carolina.
North Carolina’s new anti-abortion law, the “Women’s Right to Know Act,” goes into effect today minus a controversial provision that requires women to undergo an ultrasound four hours before a scheduled abortion.
This week, North Carolina will make it easier for residents to divert money to nonprofit pregnancy centers that counsel women against abortion through license plate purchases, but first the state’s largest abortion-rights organization wants North Carolinians to know more about the entities slated to receive taxpayer funds.
As state legislatures prepare for new sessions, anti-abortion groups are getting ready to push state-level bills that would force women to hear a fetal heartbeat before undergoing an abortion.
A judge in Greensboro will today hear a lawsuit filed against North Carolina’s ultrasound law.
As more states consider amending their constitutions next year to prohibit gay men and lesbians from marrying, one state, Oregon, is considering the opposite tactic — overturning a constitutional gay-marriage ban.
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