“Once a woman is pregnant, it’s not her body anymore,” says Lt Gov Mark Robinson

This January, NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson spoke at the NC March For Life in Raleigh. Two years ago, NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson claimed that abortion was like slavery. Last year, we found out Robinson and his then girlfriend chose abortion themselves in 1989. Robinson also said that once a woman is pregnant, “it’s

Military #MeToo Update from Fayetteville NOW (Dec 2021)

Due to years of legislative work to address the ongoing problems in handling sex crimes in the military and with the national attention given to the disappearance and murder of soldier Vanessa Guillen, changes are finally taking place. However, the changes fall short of what is needed to really address the problems.

Huge Step Forward For Military Justice, Finally

We are finally seeing some progress with legislation to address failures in handling sex crimes and murder in the military. In large part, the mishandling of Vanessa Guillen’s murder and social media explosion on the case exposed problems and made this possible.

Watch Military #MeToo Panel #3 Here (DV Struggles in Military)

Fayetteville NOW, Raleigh NOW, and NC NOW held a panel on DV Struggles in the Military, focusing on Issues Fort Bragg and other military installations. NC NOW chapters are concerned about the level of domestic violence occurring in military families and on military bases. We have a special interest in the plight of military spouses. We bring attention to the struggles faced by the spouses and their children along with identifying what services are offered to them or denied them. This post includes the link to watch the panel.

Pro-choice Signature Ad Packet Delivery and Letter – 4/14/21

NC NOW members delivered the pro-choice signature ad packets to all of our representatives in the NC House and NC Senate on Monday, 3/25/19. The packets included a copy of the pro-choice signature ad that we ran in Indy Week in January (as we do every year), and a letter from NC NOW.

Lobbyist Involvement In Fundraiser Causes Cancellation, More Articles

There are so many important and interesting articles, we don’t want to lose track of them. In North Carolina, we have the lobbyist involved in the fundraiser being former Raleigh mayor Tom Fetzer, who told contacts that the fundraiser recipient could succeed House speaker Tim Moore. The 2 year anniversary of the murders at UNC-Charlotte

Take Action On VAWA – House & Senate

A group of bipartisan lawmakers reintroduced the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) on March 8th, 2021. VAWA would provide funding and grants for a variety of programs that tackle domestic abuse. VAWA’s authorization lapsed in 2018. The House passed legislation to reauthorize the measure in 2019 with the support of a handful of GOP lawmakers, but a lesser bill was put forth in the Senate and neither bill moved.  You can take action now to help it move forward!

Articles on National Issues To Catch – ERA, #RealityWinner, #MilitaryMeToo, More – 2/27/21

Don’t want to lose access to these important articles on national issues which were posted on the NC NOW facebook page. Topics here include another big push on Military to address massive sexual assault disaster, what would ensure the ERA reaches its equality potential, how Biden Administration should move ahead with very high approval ratings on policies, how a Senator is holding up Biden’s cabinet nominees by applying a double standard, how Biden needs to free Reality Winner, and ICE targetting progressive sheriffs around the state with billboards

Watch Military #MeToo Panel #2 Here

Fayetteville NOW, Raleigh NOW, and NC NOW held a panel on the Military #MeToo Reaching Ft. Bragg, focusing on Issues Fort Bragg Needs to Address. This post includes the link to watch the panel.

Program for Second Military #MeToo Reaches Ft. Bragg Panel – 1/7/21 and Future Related Events

Find the program for the Second Military #MeToo Reaches Ft. Bragg Panel – 1/7/21 at Military_MeToo_Reaches_Ft._Bragg_Program.v5. Please download or save for your own use.