RALEIGH - Tonight the North Carolina Senate approved S.B. 353, a bill that would place severe and unnecessary restrictions on clinics that provide abortion care and other health services. The bill now goes to Gov. Pat McCrory, who during his campaign said he would sign no further restrictions on abortion access. Thousands of North Carolinians have petitioned the governor in recent weeks to keep his promise and veto the bill.

"We are extremely disappointed that the Senate has once again approved legislation that will only make it harder for women’s health clinics to stay open and will do nothing to help provide comprehensive health care to the women of our state," said Sarah Preston, Policy Director for the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina. "This is the moment when Gov. McCrory must decide whether to keep his campaign promise not to support new restrictions on abortion access or to admit that he lied to women across North Carolina who may soon have to travel hundreds of miles in order to receive safe access to a constitutionally protected medical procedure. We join thousands of North Carolinians in asking the governor to stand up for women’s health, honor his campaign promise, and veto this legislation. The women of North Carolina and the nation are watching."

Please call Gov. McCrory at 919-814-2000 and ask him to keep his promise and veto S.B. 353.