Despite North Carolina’s 12-week abortion limit passed in 2023, our state has become the abortion hub of the Southeast, attracting thousands of women from neighboring states with stricter protections for the unborn. While other Southern states—except Virginia—have implemented laws that limit abortion at conception or at the detection of a heartbeat, North Carolina has seen a 43.7% increase in abortions since 2020. In 2022, 28,855 abortions were performed in our state, but after the 12-week law took effect, estimates suggest that number jumped to 45,780 in 2023. Out-of-state abortions have surged, with the percentage of non-resident abortions doubling from 17% to 34% between 2020 and 2023. Even more disturbingly, abortion has become a modern-day eugenics campaign targeting African-American women. While Black residents make up just 21% of North Carolina’s population, they account for 43.7% of all abortions performed in the state—a chilling echo of North Carolina’s eugenics program, which forcibly sterilized young Black women for decades.

The Finding Grace Family Bill will do the following:

  • Protect unborn babies from abortion after 6 weeks gestation (changing 12 weeks to 6) 
  • Require the State to encourage adoption over abortion and teach the benefits of adoption in schools 
  • Speed up permanency for foster children
  • Speed up adoption permanence

 Click below to contact your legislators today and urge them to support this pro-values bill. 

Despite North Carolina’s 12-week abortion limit passed in 2023, our state has become the abortion hub of the Southeast, attracting thousands of women from neighboring states with stricter protections for the unborn. While other Southern states—except Virginia—have implemented laws that limit abortion at conception or at the detection of a heartbeat, North Carolina has seen a 43.7% increase in abortions since 2020. In 2022, 28,855 abortions were performed in our state, but after the 12-week law took effect, estimates suggest that number jumped to 45,780 in 2023. Out-of-state abortions have surged, with the percentage of non-resident abortions doubling from 17% to 34% between 2020 and 2023. Even more disturbingly, abortion has become a modern-day eugenics campaign targeting African-American women. While Black residents make up just 21% of North Carolina’s population, they account for 43.7% of all abortions performed in the state—a chilling echo of North Carolina’s eugenics program, which forcibly sterilized young Black women for decades.

The Finding Grace Family Bill will do the following:

  • Protect unborn babies from abortion after 6 weeks gestation (changing 12 weeks to 6)
  • Require the State to encourage adoption over abortion and teach the benefits of adoption in schools
  • Speed up permanency for foster children
  • Speed up adoption permanence

 Click below to contact your legislators today and urge them to support this pro-values bill.Â