PR: Governor Cooper lashes out at school choice, hints at keeping sexually explicit material in schools
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May 22, 2023
Contact: Laura Macklem
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GOVERNOR COOPER LASHES OUT AT SCHOOL CHOICE, HINTS AT KEEPING SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL IN SCHOOLS
Governor Cooper issued a state of emergency plea, opposing school choice and rejecting the idea parents should use their public education tax dollars to fund the school which fits their child.
“Democrats are nervous because their grip on public education, which has been weaponized to indoctrinate students, is slipping. They want to control parents’ decisions and deprive struggling families from giving their children more educational opportunities because it threatens their power,” said NC Values Executive Director Tami Fitzgerald. “Governor Cooper has called a state of emergency, but parents have already done that by demanding school choice and transparency hoping to rescue their children from failing government schools.”
A January 2023 statewide poll commissioned by NC Values and NC Faith & Freedom Coalition showed 69% of North Carolinians support opportunity scholarships, including 68.6% of African Americans and 80% of Hispanics. An astounding 81% of parents surveyed said they want more transparency in schools.
According to The Nation’s Report Card, “The percentage of students in North Carolina who performed at or above the NAEP Proficient level was 35 percent in 2022,” and in reading just 32%. Eighth graders who performed at or above the proficient level for reading was 25%.
Governor Cooper also denounced “book bans” referring to the parental push sweeping North Carolina to stop age inappropriate, explicit sexual content from being provided in schools, and said the legislature wants to bring their “political culture wars into the classroom.”
“The governor has sent the message today that parents should accept keeping their children in schools with abysmal test scores, pornography, and politically charged curriculum. Governor Cooper doesn’t know what’s best for other people’s children, parents are the ones with the God-given rights to direct the upbringing and education of their children. I encourage the General Assembly to approve the “Choose Your School, Choose Your Future” legislation and allow children a chance to thrive at a school which fits their individual needs,” said Fitzgerald.
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PR: Governor Cooper’s veto meets demise with override, legislature makes pro-life bill law of the land
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May 16, 2023
Contact: Laura Macklem
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GOVERNOR COOPER’S VETO MEETS DEMISE WITH OVERRIDE, LEGISLATURE MAKES PRO-LIFE BILL LAW OF THE LAND
NC Values Coalition Executive Director Tami Fitzgerald responded today to the General Assembly’s veto override, upholding pro-life legislation. SB 20 rolls back abortion from 20 to 12 weeks, provides improved health provisions for women, millions in aid for women in crisis, and ends discriminatory and painful, late-term abortions.
“Today marks the beginning of North Carolina’s first real step towards becoming a pro-life state as the ‘Care for Women, Children and Families Act’ becomes law of the land. Pro-life North Carolinians have waited over 50 years to roll back the gestational age for sanctioned killing of pre-born children. Legislators have rejected Governor Cooper’s extreme, unreasonable position of abortion without restriction up to birth with this veto override. This pro-woman legislation has $160 million in funding to help pregnant mothers including $75 million for childcare, $59 million for foster care, kinship care and children’s homes, and $16 million to reduce infant and maternal mortality, and $3 million to help mothers complete college. We sincerely thank Senator Berger, Speaker Moore, and Republican legislators for standing strong and voting on behalf of the 62% of North Carolinians who reject abortion after 12 weeks. As we look forward to the 2024 election cycle, NC Values will continue to find and support candidates who support life, and who are not for sale to the billion-dollar abortion industry.”
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PR: NC Values responds to Governor Cooper’s veto of “Care for Women, Children and Families Act”
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May 13, 2023
Contact: Laura Macklem
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NC VALUES RESPONDS TO GOVERNOR COOPER’S VETO OF “CARE FOR WOMEN, CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ACT”
NC Values Coalition Executive Director Tami Fitzgerald responded today to Governor Cooper’s veto of pro-life legislation, SB20, which would prevent discriminatory and brutal partial birth abortions, and would give women financial support to help them choose life:
“Governor Cooper chose Mother’s Day weekend to veto legislation and rally against everything that encompasses motherhood—birth, growing biological and adoptive families, and care for babies. His actions would crush provisions to give women more opportunities to choose life, improve safety standards of clinics, and stop the barbaric painful practice of partial birth abortion. Governor Cooper’s bullish tactics of traveling to districts to pressure Republicans in sustaining his veto are a fool’s errand. We stand by Republicans and encourage them to stay strong against bullying and intimidation by a Governor who doesn’t value life, motherhood, or women in crisis.”
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