The order, announced Tuesday afternoon in Charlotte, focuses on what cabinet agencies should and shouldn’t do regarding reproductive health care.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — North Carolina governor Josh Stein has announced an executive order he said will protect women’s rights to reproductive health care across the state.
During a news conference Tuesday, Stein said the order will direct his cabinet agencies to protect medical privacy, give women seeking reproductive care accurate information about pregnancies, and protect doctors providing care in North Carolina.
“Our state has seen alarming attacks on women’s reproductive rights over the past few years, and I remain committed to doing everything in my power to protect women’s freedoms and their safety,” Gov. Stein said. “I am directing my cabinet agencies to take specific action to protect women and health care providers from extreme anti-reproductive freedom laws.”
The order directs cabinet agencies to protect medical professionals providing said services, particularly by not cooperating with efforts to impose penalties on …