In their budget, Republican state lawmakers proposed in funding for crisis pregnancy centers and anti-abortion organizations. This funding would to one particular nonprofit, despite a report from the state Department of Health and Human Services that does not recommend expanding the program.
Crisis pregnancy centers may offer pregnancy tests, counseling and assistance in signing up for Medicaid. Their stated aim is to assist women experiencing an unexpected pregnancy. They offer some free services and others that require attending specific religious events. Host Frank Stasio talks about crisis pregnancy centers in North Carolina and around the country with , a reporter at the app & Observer who has followed the funding; journalist and documentary filmmaker who recently completed a ; and , an associate professor of sociology and director of the gender studies department at Mississippi State University.