From the Raleigh News & Observer:
After hearing intense legal and moral arguments on both sides, the Wake County Board of Commissioners today agreed to reinstate county employees’ insurance coverage for elective abortions.
With Democrats outvoting Republicans 4-3, members reversed an action last month by county manager David Cooke last, who removed the coverage from the county?s self-insured plan based on language in a 1981 Supreme Court case.
During an extended public comment period, board members heard arguments for reinstating the coverage from Planned Parenthood and the ACLU as well as impassioned pleas in opposition from people opposed to county funding of elective abortions.
Donna Martinez gives you the play-by-play of the commissioners’ meeting over at Right Angles.
