RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 5 (TNSgov) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina issued the following news release: Both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly have passed Senate Bill 20, a ban on abortion after only 12 weeks of pregnancy. The bill was passed using a procedural mechanism that allowed politicians to add the abortion ban and restrictions to unrelated legislation in the middle of night on Tuesday and ram the bill through the General Assembly in less than 4  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 (TNSgov) -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on May 4, 2023: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today applauded the "principled stance" taken by a North Carolina doctor who refused to sign a pledge mandated by an Arkansas anti-BDS law requiring individuals or companies to pledge not to boycott Israel. [NOTE: The term "BDS" refers to the growing Boycot  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 4 (TNScapv) -- The Freedom of the Press Foundation issued the following news: Last month, an Asheville, North Carolina, judge convicted two journalists of trespassing for doing nothing more than recording police conducting a homeless encampment sweep at a public park on Dec. 25, 2021. The journalists, Matilda Bliss and Veronica Coit, are entitled under North Carolina law to a second trial, this time with a jury. Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) and the Commi  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 5 (TNStalk) -- NARAL Pro-Choice America issued the following statement on May 4, 2023: * * * The North Carolina State Legislature passed an extreme ban on abortion at 12 weeks of pregnancy (SB 20). The bill now goes to Governor Roy Cooper, who has indicated that he intends to veto it. However, the makeup of the legislature will allow them to override Gov. Cooper's veto. Should this ban go into effect, it would continue to decimate access to abortion care in the Sou  more

WEAVERVILLE, North Carolina, May 4 (TNSres) -- The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals issued the following news release on May 3, 2023: The ASPCA(R) (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(R)) is today announcing that its animal behavior education program has attracted nearly 30,000 enrollments as it celebrates the five-year anniversary of the ASPCA Behavioral Rehabilitation Center (BRC) and Learning Lab. The BRC, a first-of-its-kind facility, opene  more