Civitas’ polling has consistently found that a majority (54 percent) of North Carolinians are pro-life; even more (76 percent) support a state amendment clarifying that marriage is a union between one man and one woman. Nevertheless, the General Assembly not only passed legislation that will make it easier to euthanize elderly and other vulnerable populations, it again refused to consider an amendment to protect the institution of marriage. Several other pro-life measures, including a fetal homicide bill, were also ignored during the 2007 session. The General Assembly, however, did come very close to passing an embryonic stem cell research bill, as well as legislation that would have recognized homosexuals as a protected class.
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