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After yesterday's primary elections, the general election stage is set. We are thrilled that many of our Featured Candidates will advance to the general! Congratulations to these candidates: Rep. Laura Budd, House District 103, Mecklenburg Woodson Bradley, Senate District 42, Mecklenburg Sen. Lisa Grafstein, Senate District 13, Wake Evonne Hopkins, House District 35, Wake Monika Johnson-Hostler, House District 33, Wake Rep. Lindsey Prather, House District 115, Buncombe Rep. Diamond...

We had 216 participants in our 2023 trainings and educational programs, including our first in person Elect Women of Color Training in June! We also hosted our Campaign Camp for aspiring campaign staff and volunteers this November, in person for the first time since 2019. In May, hundreds of women gathered at the legislature to protest the Republicans’ restrictive 12-week abortion ban. We let them know we see through their deception and backroom deals, and we will vote them out in 2024!...

Last month, the NC General Assembly passed new legislative maps for both the NC House and Senate. These maps were drawn in total secrecy by Republicans, with no input from their constituents or Democratic colleagues. Since Republican policies like controlling women's bodies are wildly unpopular with voters, they are trying to cling to power by creating extremely gerrymandered maps. However, there is still a path to breaking the supermajority by electing pro-choice, progressive women and we are...

We're thrilled to announce that the recipient of our 2023 Jan Allen Courage Award is Rep. Diamond Staton-Williams, who represents House District 73 in Cabarrus County! Diamond, a Registered Nurse, mother of three, and former town councilor, was the only progressive, pro-choice woman to flip a House seat in 2022. Her win was critical to giving us the numbers necessary to keep worse restrictions at bay. This year, Rep. Staton-Williams courageously shared her personal abortion story on the floor...

The Republican 12-week monster abortion ban goes into effect today, July 1. Though the rushed, poorly written bill faces legal challenges, a federal judge has allowed it to go into effect while temporarily blocking a rule about required doctor paperwork. While this bill drastically reduces access, abortion is still legal in NC before 12 weeks. Please see this guide from our partners at Pro-Choice NC for more information about accessing abortion and other reproductive healthcare in NC. We know...

June 24, 2023 marks the one-year anniversary of the US Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and take away our federal right to abortion. With this decision, our pro-choice women legislators became our last line of defense against attacks on abortion access in NC. They were able to hold the line until Tricia Cotham's unconscionable defection to the Republican party. As you know, NC Republicans were able to push through their 12-week (and more) abortion ban in a highly undemocratic...