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REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH North Carolina Health News: NC Loses Abortion Clinic As Pressures Mount On Providers North Carolina now has one fewer abortion clinic, shrinking access to the procedure in a state where nearly 48,000 abortions were provided in 2025.Last week, A Woman’s Choice closed its clinic in Greensboro, North Carolina’s third-largest city. The closure leaves 17 abortion clinics in North Carolina, scattered over nine counties across the state, that provide in-person abortion care to thousands of patients — including people traveling from more restrictive states across the Southeast. (Crumpler, 5/8) https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2026/05/08/nc-loses-abortion-clinic-as-pressures-mount-on-providers/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9vFWIhmbqvO0NNCp6jsaOXJQAqufimgvS6_Jtp7eD0ljPnLMYuAJBoDOJvDgk5KdRSP2kCXhcX8nVc5VxUvew8LopSWw&_hsmi=417857248&utm_content=417857248&utm_source=hs_email HR Dive: Dems Urge EEOC To Retain Pregnancy Rule’s IVF Protections The letter addresses EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas’ condemnation of the EEOC’s PWFA final rule, which was solidified in April 2024. Lucas has been “vocal in her opposition” to certain parts of the final rule, the agency said in a previously released statement. ... According to the Democrats who signed the open letter, Lucas’ position is at odds with Trump’s fertility-related agenda. In August 2024, after the PWFA final rule and before he took office once more, Trump said he would champion in vitro fertilization, either through securing public funding or mandating that insurance companies cover IVF. (Colvin, 5/7) https://www.hrdive.com/news/removing-ivf-protections-from-pwfa-rule-may-mislead-employers-senate-dems/819629/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_FxU3UswSwg_B9tzTwuTh-pnQxwcDlclv414ufbWKLcPJBX3BDx5Sh2qQ9-admTl8OqaSqZu-wIB4IKaZpUqwOmv0Vkw&_hsmi=417857248&utm_content=417857248&utm_source=hs_email