MomsRising Newsroom

Media advisory Washington, D.C.

Statement “North Carolina moms are enormously grateful to Governor Stein for the veto he issued today, keeping our state’s concealed carry permit requirement in place. Right now, someone in our state dies from a gunshot wound every five hours. Moms know that enacting Senate Bill 50 would have a devastating impact, potentially increasing gun violence and casualties even more by allowing people as young as 18 – who have not been cleared by background checks or trained on how to handle concealed weapons – into our communities. It is reckless legislation that would put us all in danger.

Statement “This Pride month and every month, moms are fighting for a future where everyone can live successful lives, care for their families, and contribute to their communities, free from discrimination and bias. There is much to be done to reach that essential goal, including closing the devastating wage gap the LGBTQIA+ community faces. Every day, LGBTQIA+ workers are shortchanged on their paychecks compared to their cis, straight counterparts, with transgender and LGBTQIA+ workers of color suffering the worst harms due to systemic racism, transphobia, and homophobia.

Statement “Replacing leading, qualified vaccine experts with unqualified skeptics and deniers on the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices threatens to put millions of our children at risk. America’s moms are alarmed and disgusted that U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all 17 members of this important Committee, which advises the CDC – and that some of the replacements he is appointing are dangerous conspiracy theorists who are unfit to shape public health.