Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses recent developments in Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s new abortion law. Kokai offered these comments during the June 23. 2023, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “State Lines.”
Locke’s Mitch Kokai discusses Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit challenging new NC abortion law
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