JULIE VON HAEFEN: Reproductive rights will be a key issue on 2024 ballots
Monday, Jan. 22, 2024 -- The basic right to make your own decisions about your body, your family and your future is on the ballot this November. The stakes couldn't be higher when you cast your vote.
Posted — UpdatedToday marks the 51st anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade. On Jan. 22, 1973, the Supreme Court enabled the citizens of this country to make deeply personal healthcare decisions free from political interference by reinforcing the fundamental right to privacy and reaffirming basic principles of equality.
Thanks to Donald Trump and the NC GOP, more than 1 in 3 women of reproductive age now live under an abortion ban in our country. According to Republican leaders including NC House Speaker Tim Moore, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson and Donald Trump himself, a 12-week ban isn’t enough.
Anti-abortion Republicans are running at every level on their extremist anti-freedom agendas to take away rights and dictate our private health care decisions. Meanwhile, Democrats from the state legislature to the Oval Office are committed to ensuring Americans have more rights, not fewer.
The basic right to make your own decisions about your body, your family and your future is on the ballot this November. The stakes couldn't be higher when you cast your vote. You will decide the future of reproductive freedom in North Carolina and the United States. I want my daughter to have the same rights that were guaranteed to me 51 years ago today.
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