Quote of the Day

"Physicians must be free to advise and treat their patients based on their medical knowledge and expertise and not have their advice overridden by elected officials seeking to impose their own ideological agenda on others." -- Governor Beverly Perdue (D-North Carolina), on vetoing NC's recent bill that would require an ultrasound and mandatory counseling with a 24 hour waiting period afterward for women needing an abortion.

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