Editorial: Health and life taking backseat to politics in N.C. abortion policy
Friday, Aug. 19, 2022 -- Health and life are not the most important matters to House Speaker Tim Moore and state Senate Leader Phil Berger. To Republicans Berger and Moore it is all about politics, the fall elections and their machinations to gain a veto-proof majority in the General Assembly.
Posted — UpdatedThey learned that health and life are not the most important matters to House Speaker Tim Moore and state Senate Leader Phil Berger. To Republicans Berger and Moore it is all about politics, the fall elections and their machinations to gain a veto-proof majority in the General Assembly.
The legislature’s GOP leadership has promised “more protection for the unborn.” They have yet to offer any specifics on what that means.
Yet, if Berger and Moore are looking for extreme positions on abortion, they need look no further than legislation their fellow Republicans have introduced, which is still pending in the General Assembly and that they’ve not renounced.
Are these the “protection for the unborn” that Moore and Berger are promoting?
The General Assembly remains in session. Why don’t they have legislation they want introduced and fully considered in an open and accessible manner – through the committee process? Give citizens and their fellow legislators the opportunity to participate, in full public view, in the legislative process?
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade immediately made abortion a key election issue in every congressional and legislative race in the state and nation.
Well before they cast their ballots, North Carolinians have a right to know, and those seeking office have an obligation to explain in detail, what they want to do on this key issue.
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