Eleanore Wood

Reuters: Florida judge blocks abortion delay law, rules it unconstitutional

By Eleanore Wood / January 12, 2018 / Comments Off on Reuters: Florida judge blocks abortion delay law, rules it unconstitutional

On Tuesday a Florida judge ruled Florida’s 24-hour abortion wait period unconstitutional. North Carolina also has a law that requires you wait at least 24 hours before receiving abortion care. Wait periods restrict abortion access for many and ultimately hurt those seeking abortion care. There is no need to make people wait for an abortion.…

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From The News & Observer: Smaller K-3 classes in NC? Sure, but the state must pay for the teachers

By Eleanore Wood / January 9, 2018 / Comments Off on From The News & Observer: Smaller K-3 classes in NC? Sure, but the state must pay for the teachers

The NC GOP thinks smaller class sizes for grades K-3 are a good idea and it is a good idea.  However, the unfunded mandate they have placed on schools will force them to either increase the class sizes of grades 4 and 5 or cut essential classes like computer science.  Smaller class sizes are better…

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From The Times News: NAACP, others call judicial reform a political power grab

By Eleanore Wood / January 8, 2018 / Comments Off on From The Times News: NAACP, others call judicial reform a political power grab

North Carolina citizens know that we must have fair and impartial courts.  Republican’s in Raleigh disagree.  They would like to rig our courts in their favor and cherry-pick judges in order to pass their bad laws unchallenged.  This isn’t democracy and the people of North Carolina know it. From The Times News: https://youtu.be/0y4HXVNNcgQ?list=PLguET9G3gvzVa3Z9Rp8fzTJSMEynTbxMo The Alamance NAACP…

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Bustle: “How To Expand Reproductive Rights In America In 2018”

By Eleanore Wood / January 5, 2018 / Comments Off on Bustle: “How To Expand Reproductive Rights In America In 2018”

In 2017 the Trump administration made it clear they intend to limit women’s reproductive rights — by attempting to roll back the ACA’s birth control mandate and trying to block access to abortion care. Despite their constant attacks on reproductive rights, 645 bills were introduced in Washington DC to protect reproductive health rights and 86…

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From WFAE: Silent Marchers Protest Plan They Call ‘Judicial Gerrymandering’

By Eleanore Wood / January 5, 2018 / Comments Off on From WFAE: Silent Marchers Protest Plan They Call ‘Judicial Gerrymandering’

On a cold Thursday, dozens of people marched with tape over over their mouths up to the Mecklenburg County Courthouse in protest of the Republican-led legislature’s plans to rig our court system in their favor.  They have already made the election of judges political, canceled an election, and drafted racially gerrymandered judicial districts in hopes…

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From The News & Observer: Class size issue is an attack on public schools

By Eleanore Wood / January 2, 2018 / Comments Off on From The News & Observer: Class size issue is an attack on public schools

Smaller class sizes are good for students.  Each student receives more individual attention and a better learning experience. Lawmakers in Raleigh have created a small class size mandate, but, have not provided any resources to be able to comply.  This is a veiled attack on our public schools. Requiring more teachers and classroom space for every public…

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ICYMI: Thursday’s HB2 vote was NOT full repeal

By Eleanore Wood / December 22, 2017 / Comments Off on ICYMI: Thursday’s HB2 vote was NOT full repeal

A procedural vote tied to a larger bill that leaves parts of HB2 in place indefinitely can under NO circumstances be considered a full repeal RALEIGH — After breaking their word by refusing to allow a clean vote on full repeal of HB2, Republican lawmakers are now blaming Democrats for not going along with the…

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From Indy Week: What’s Behind the Legislature’s Plan to Overhaul the State Court System?

By Eleanore Wood / December 20, 2017 / Comments Off on From Indy Week: What’s Behind the Legislature’s Plan to Overhaul the State Court System?

Republicans are seeking to rig the court system of North Carolina.  They do not like the decisions the courts have made to stop their attempts to suppress voters and racially gerrymander legislative districts.  Their solution?  Make the courts partisan, cancel a primary election, and try to do away with the public election of judges altogether. They want to…

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Vice: When Thousands of Christian ‘Prayer Marchers’ Descend on One Abortion Clinic

By Eleanore Wood / December 15, 2017 / Comments Off on Vice: When Thousands of Christian ‘Prayer Marchers’ Descend on One Abortion Clinic

On Saturday, December 2, thousands of anti-abortion protesters marched down Latrobe Drive and blocked access to North Carolina’s busiest abortion clinic, A Preferred Women’s Health Center. The clinic saw almost 50 fewer patients than they typically see on a Saturday because people did not feel comfortable driving to the clinic with so many protesters outside.…

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From WNCT: Protesters in Greenville rally against proposed changes to N.C. courts

By Eleanore Wood / December 15, 2017 / Comments Off on From WNCT: Protesters in Greenville rally against proposed changes to N.C. courts

It was a cold day but that didn’t stop the residents of Greenville, North Carolina from standing in front of the Pitt County Courthouse to demand that our courts remain fair and independent.  Lawmakers in Raleigh have already made judicial elections political, the first state in 100 years to go back to a party based judicial…

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