NC Democratic senators warn right to contraception could be at risk

About this episode

North Carolina Democratic senators and advocates discuss the potential risks to the right to contraception on its anniversary.

North Carolina Democratic state senators and advocates gathered Tuesday, the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court case that enshrined access to contraception as a constitutional right, to warn that 61 years later, that right could once again be at risk. Sens. Sophia Chitlik (D-Durham), Woodson Bradley (D-Mecklenburg), and Natalie Murdock (D-Durham) all spoke about the […]

Topics covered

• contraception rights
• North Carolina politics
• Democratic senators
• Supreme Court
• constitutional rights

Keywords

• contraception
• North Carolina
• Democratic senators
• Supreme Court
• constitutional rights

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Organizations: U.S. Supreme Court

Places: North Carolina

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