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North Carolina Republican wants "rape panels" to decide whether victims can get abortions [View all]
Bo Hines pushes "community-level review" of whether individual survivors can terminate their pregnancieshttps://www.salon.com/2022/11/02/north-carolina-wants-rape-panels-to-decide-whether-victims-can-get-abortions/
A North Carolina Republican congressional candidate floated a proposal to create a community review process that would determine whether survivors of rape and incest can get abortions.
Bo Hines, the GOP candidate for North Carolina's 13th Congressional District, wants to outlaw all abortions unless the mother's life is at risk.
"He wants victims of rape and incest to be allowed to get an abortion on a case-by-case basis through a community-level review process outside the jurisdiction of the federal government," local news outlet WRAL reported.
The proposal was widely panned by critics. Talking Points Memo editor Josh Marshall described the proposed review boards as "rape panels." "Something from a nightmare," wrote civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill.
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