By Hunter Hines Christian Action League July 16, 2021 Here’s some important news on the front to end abortion in North Carolina. This week the National Abortion Rights Action League’s state affiliate, NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina, announced the following: “On June 28, NARAL Pro-Choice America’s board of directors voted to fully nationalize the organization, by […]
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Statement on Governor Cooper’s Veto of the Human Life Non-Discrimination Act
By CAL Staff Christian Action League June 25, 2021 Today, Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed HB 453 – Human Life Nondiscrimination Act/No Eugenics – a critical piece of legislation that would ban abortions based on race or a disability such as Down Syndrome. In response, Rev. Mark Creech, executive director of the Christian Action League, provided […]
General Assembly Passes Bill Prohibiting Abortions for Reasons of Race or Down Syndrome
By Hunter Hines Christian Action League June 10, 2021 A 27-20 party-line vote in the Senate, HB 453 – Human Life Non-Discrimination Act/No Eugenics, cleared its final vote in the state legislature on Thursday and was sent to the Governor. This critical pro-life legislation would prohibit race and Down Syndrome-selective abortions. Five female Senators carried […]
Young Woman with Down Syndrome Implores State Lawmakers to Pass Human Life Non-Discrimination Act
By M. H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League June 3, 2021 During Wednesday’s Senate Health Care Committee meeting at the Legislative Office Building in Raleigh, Senator Joyce Krawiec made a passionate plea to Senate members to pass HB 453-Human Life Non-Discrimination Act/No Eugenics. Krawiec said approximately 70 percent of unborn babies diagnosed with Down Syndrome are […]
Senate Raises Legal Age to Marry in N.C.
By Hunter Hines Christian Action League May 13, 2021 This week the North Carolina Senate raised the age for getting married. Fourteen and fifteen-year-olds can currently marry under exceptional circumstances. S.B. 35: Max 4-Yr Age Diff to Marry Under 18 Years, which unanimously passed the Senate on Wednesday, raises the age to sixteen and disallows […]
Born-Alive Bill Wins Approval in the Senate
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League May 13, 2021 Infants who survive a botched abortion would be entitled to the same level of care as wanted babies of the same gestational age under a bill passed Tuesday by the North Carolina Senate along party lines. Senate Bill 405, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Act, is nearly […]
N.C. House Passes Bills to Protect the Unborn and Newborn
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League May 7, 2021 Lawmakers took action this week on two bills (HB 453 and HB 473) aimed at protecting some of the state’s most vulnerable citizens — the unborn and the newborn. Passed by the House by a vote of 67-42 on Thursday after some emotional debate, the measure, […]
Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act Passes Senate Health Committee
By Hunter Hines Christian Action League May 6, 2021 A bill requiring medical providers to employ the same duty of care for children born alive after a botched abortion as they would for any other child of the same gestational age was considered before the Senate Health Committee on Thursday. Senate Bill 405 – Born-Alive […]
Human Life Non-Discrimination Act Would Ban Abortion of Babies on the Basis of Race or Down Syndrome
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League April 1, 2021 “Children shouldn’t have to pass a genetic test to earn the right to be born” says Rep. John Bradford (R-Mecklenburg). Bradford was one of seven speakers at a press conference held Wednesday to introduce the Human Life Non-Discrimination Act filed this week in the North Carolina […]
Little Lives Matter
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League March 5, 2021 It’s been approximately six months since Cannon Hinnant was gun downed in Wilson, North Carolina. The five-year-old boy, innocent as a lamb, was shot in the head at point-blank range by Darius Sessoms. Cannon was on his bike in Sessoms’ front yard at the time. […]