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Tag: North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians

Shows a formal chamber with a group of people standing up, holding up signs reading, "Politicians make crappy doctors"
Posted inGender health

With veto override, 12-week abortion restrictions now law in NC

by Rachel Crumpler and Rose Hoban May 17, 2023August 10, 2023

By Rachel Crumpler and Rose Hoban Obtaining an abortion in North Carolina will now be more challenging after Republican state lawmakers overrode Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of Senate Bill 20, a bill that adds new restrictions on women seeking the procedure, limiting access after 12 weeks and imposing new requirements.  In a night filled with […]

A white man signs the veto of SB20 at a podium during a rally for abortion rights
Posted inGender health

Governor stamps veto on hastily passed new abortion restrictions

by Rachel Crumpler, Anne Blythe and Rose Hoban May 15, 2023August 10, 2023
shows a woman in a white coat standing at a podium speaking about abortion
Posted inHealthcare Workers

Medical providers protest stricter abortion restrictions proposed in new bill

by Rose Hoban and Rachel Crumpler May 4, 2023August 10, 2023
A pharmacist in a white coat grabs an asthma inhaler
Posted inState Health Policy

Controversial child vaccine permission bill would also expand access to HIV meds and birth control

by Elizabeth Thompson August 9, 2021August 31, 2022
Shows a group of eight people each wearing masks and holding out their arms to be at a distance from one another.
Posted inHealth Reform

Will COVID-19 help move primary care physicians away from the fee-for-service model?

by Rose Hoban August 19, 2020January 29, 2021
Kevin Mahoney is a peer support specialist at MAHEC
Posted inRural Health

Free phones, masks in parks: Rural providers get creative with mental health outreach post-COVID

by Liora Engel-Smith August 7, 2020August 18, 2020

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