AG Stein calls on voters to decide abortion access, pushes back on NC's 20-week abortion ban

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : Really, the right to abortion in North Carolina is on the ballot in November."
45% : "Democrats' position on abortion can only be characterized as extreme," Berger said in a statement.
45% : A WRAL News survey of North Carolina adults conducted before the U.S. Supreme Court decided to overturn Roe found that most respondents wanted to maintain existing laws, though they also supported laws restricting abortion after 20 weeks and six weeks of pregnancy.
45% : By a wide margin, respondents said they'd support laws that restrict abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
44% : "Attorney General Stein's political grandstanding has made one thing clear: He and his party want to allow abortion up to the moment of birth.
44% : The poll, conducted from June 8 to 13, found that 55% of adults wanted to ease abortion restrictions or leave in place existing laws, while 34% wanted to see more restrictions passed or abortion outlawed altogether.
43% : The comments were made hours before a federal judge decided to allow to take effect a state law that bans abortion with exceptions for urgent medical emergencies after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
43% : Stein said voters have an opportunity to change the law banning abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy by electing Democrats in the November election.
37% : "Abortion past 20 weeks in pregnancy is exceptionally rare and happens because of a devastating health emergency or diagnosis," Cooper wrote.
34% : North Carolina's top lawmakers, Republican Senate leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore, have said they don't plan to take up the issue of abortion this year.
24% : In a statement, Gov. Roy Cooper said he disagreed with Osteen's ruling and said he'd continue to work to make abortion accessible.

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