Latest NewsOpinion: North Carolina judges, the fall election, and reproductive freedom AlanAugust 22, 2024 As we sprint towards Election Day 2024 with high-profile presidential and congressional elections on the horizon, many of us are talking about how these elections will impact abortion access in North Carolina and around the country. Even if we elect a pro-choice White House, however, the specter of nine unelected justices appointed for life to the highest court in the land where they play an outsized role in abortion access remains. For anti-abortion lawmakers, getting six anti-abortion justices to form a supermajority on the U.S. Supreme Court was indeed the key to pushing their unpopular and regressive agenda. legislationNorth CarolinaOpinionReproductive rightsSCOTUSUnited States
