NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina is a social-liberal pro-abortion non-profit and a chapter of NARAL Pro-Choice America (formerly the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League). The organization engages in political action and advocacy efforts to oppose restrictions on abortion and expand access to abortion. The organization advocates for abortion access, government- and employer-subsidized birth control, and mandatory paid family leave. ¹

Background

NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina is a nonprofit that advocates for abortion access and abortion rights throughout North Carolina. Its parent organization, NARAL Pro-Choice America is an organization in the United States that engages in political action and advocacy efforts to oppose restrictions on abortion and expand access to abortion. NARAL is often used as a short form of the name. ²

NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina is a statewide organization that works only on abortion and other reproductive issues, including access and advocacy. ³ According to its 2018 tax retursn, NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina, received $181,157 in contributions, gifts, grants, and other similar amounts in its 2018 fiscal year, and the organization had $18,504 cash on hand at the end of the period. ⁴

Advocacy

NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina works with activists for reproductive options including abortion. ⁵ The volunteers who work in communities and reach out to the media. ⁶ In addition to working on pro-abortion advocacy, the organization also advocates for increased access and government and employer funding of birth control, including by supporting laws that promote insurance coverage of contraception. ⁷ It also works to fight discrimination against pregnant people from the workplace and argue for mandatory paid family leave. ⁸ Itworks with other left leaning groups on all of these issue areas. ⁹

Vote by Mail Advocacy

In 2020, NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina was one of a number of left-wing advocacy groups that signed a petition to make the 2020 elections all-vote-by-mail. ¹⁰

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