While this draft opinion is just that — a draft — we are facing the likely possibility that the Supreme Court will strip women of their fundamental right to choose. The vast majority of Americans agree that women should be able to make their own decisions about their own health and their own bodies. If the Supreme Court does ultimately issue this opinion, many more states, including North Carolina, could be emboldened to enact abortion bans just like those we've seen recently in Texas, Mississippi, and Oklahoma.
I know from decades spent fighting to protect women’s health on the ground here in North Carolina that women, doctors, and our precious reproductive rights will inevitably come under serious, sustained attack.
It's important to know that abortion is still legal in North Carolina.
Last year, I proudly voted to pass the Women's Health Protection Act, which will safeguard the right to access abortion care free from political interference. Now it rests in the hands of the Senate. I hope each and every Senator feels the extraordinary weight of protecting the health of tens of millions of women as they consider their votes in the days and weeks ahead. I will not stop fighting to get this legislation across the finish line
