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RALEIGH –Today the North Carolina House of Representatives sustained Governor Cooper’s veto of Senate Bill 359, which targeted health care providers who provide safe and legal abortion care with the threat of a serious criminal penalty.
Following months of negotiation and pressure from the community, the N.C. Department of Public Safety today announced that it plans to transfer Kanautica Zayre-Brown to a women’s facility. Zayre-Brown, a woman who is transgender, has been incarcerated in men's facilities for more than a year.
RALEIGH – The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina today sent Governor Roy Cooper a letter urging him to veto Senate Bill 359, a bill that targets health care p
At least hundreds and likely thousands of people are jailed every year in North Carolina because they cannot afford to pay court-ordered fines and fees, even though the U.S.
RALEIGH – The North Carolina Senate today passed Senate Bill 359, a bill that targets health care providers who provide safe and legal abortion care with the threat of a serious criminal penalty.
The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina is opposed to the bill.
RALEIGH – The North Carolina House of Representatives today approved a bill that would force all North Carolina county sheriffs to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in detaining and deporting community members or face fines of up to $25,000 a day.