Joe Pearlman is a former appeals hearing officer for the N.C. Division of Employment Security, where he served for 28 years. He is a graduate of Wake Forest Law and lives in Charlotte.
Opinion
Senate Bill 20 can be debated, but legislation on abortion was necessary
Roe v. Wade was the product of a tortured legal attempt by the United States Supreme Court to find the right to abortion within the emanations of the 14th amendment to the United States Constitution. Those emanations — or “penubmras,” to quote the 1973 Roe majority — led the justices to discover an unenumerated right...