{"id":299214,"date":"2023-09-27T06:41:56","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T11:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=299214"},"modified":"2023-09-25T20:39:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T01:39:28","slug":"north-carolina-pregnancy-resource-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/north-carolina-pregnancy-resource-centers\/","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina provides millions to pregnancy resource centers in latest budget"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The North Carolina legislature approved<\/a> a budget Friday that includes $17.5 million to help women in crisis, $12.5 million of which will go to the Carolina Pregnancy Care Fellowship (CPCF). CPCF offers support to 75% of the state’s pregnancy resource centers (PRCs). Though Democratic Governor Roy Cooper called<\/a> the budget a “bad budget,” he announced Friday he would allow it to become law without his signature.<\/p>\n

PRCs play a vital role in offering pregnant women and families care and support. They provide a wide variety of services, including ultrasounds, medical care, prenatal support, parenting classes, baby food, diapers and wipes, clothing, furniture, and more. In one study, The Charlotte Lozier Institute\u00a0reported<\/a> that between 2016 and 2020, over 800,000 lives were saved thanks to the support given to families by PRCs across the nation. North Carolina is one of the few states that recognizes the valuable work of PRCs — many other states<\/a> throughout the country are targeting<\/a> these organizations, simply because they do not commit abortions.<\/p>\n

\u201cPregnancy care centers are a vital resource supporting pregnant women and their babies. Seventy-six percent of women who had abortions say they would have chosen life if their situations were different, and this funding totaling $6.8 million per year will help women choose life,\u201d said<\/a> NC Values Executive Director Tami Fitzgerald. \u201cThe ability to see your child on an ultrasound before making a life and death decision for your child is imperative, so funding ultrasound machines was an important component of this appropriation.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n