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News & Opinion
A Guide to Sexual and Reproductive Health Resources for NC Teens
It’s an uncertain time for teenagers in North Carolina to be navigating sexual and reproductive health. After the overturn of Roe v. Wade last year, the right to abortion is at risk — the state legislature just passed a law that would restrict abortion access by limiting in-clinic abortions after…
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NC Supreme Court Hears $785M Leandro School Funding Case
North Carolina’s highest court heard oral arguments in a case that could send $785 million to state agencies and onto public school students across the state. The Leandro case, which was first filed in 1994, involves the right to access a sound, basic education — a right that the North…
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Thousands of N.C. Children Are Coping With Caregiver Death in the Pandemic
Research published in October in the Journal of Pediatrics revealed the high toll caregiver deaths are taking on children nationwide, particularly Native American, Hispanic and Black children. The researchers used fertility, household composition data, and COVID-19 and excess death rates to estimate what they termed “COVID-19-associated orphanhood.” They estimated at least…
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