In December of 2001, after recognizing North Carolina’s importance in the battle for reproductive freedom and finding an interested group of pro-choice North Carolinians, NARAL Pro-Choice America, Inc. and NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation began investing significant resources to re-establish a NARAL Pro-Choice presence in the state. These efforts paid off in 2004, when the newly reorganized NARAL Pro-Choice NC hired its first Executive Director. In April 2004, the organization sent over 5,000 North Carolinians to the March for Women’s Lives in Washington, DC.

During the 2004 elections, NARAL Pro-Choice NC endorsed 44 candidates for statewide office, 88% of whom were elected. Also in 2004, NARAL Pro-Choice NC, in coalition with NC Women United, Planned Parenthood, Ipas, and the NC Coalition against Sexual Assault, surveyed all emergency rooms in NC to determine whether or not they were dispensing emergency contraception on site to victims of sexual assault. The results of this survey can be found at www.ncwu.org/2004/ecer. Finally, in August of 2004, NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina was granted full affiliate status.

Since that time, NARAL Pro-Choice NC has taken the lead in advocating for reproductive choice in North Carolina. In 2006, the organization released a study, called "Choosing Lies and Deception: Crisis Pregnancy Centers in North Carolina," exposing Crisis Pregnancy Centers as dishonest in communicating their intentions to dissuade women from having abortions. A survey undertaken by NARAL Pro-Choice NC in 2007 found limited access to Plan B®, a brand of emergency contraception, in NC pharmacies. The results of this survey can be found here. A subsequent NARAL NC campaign led to a major chain pharmacy in the state stocking Plan B®. In 2008 we hired an organizer in Charlotte, NC.

In November of 2007, NARAL Pro-Choice NC launched the first-ever door-to-door pro-choice canvass in the South. It lasted until March of 2009 and was very successful in increasing our visibility, grassroots power and number of donors.

Throughout its existence, NARAL Pro-Choice NC has also been a leader in pushing for legislation allowing students access to comprehensive sex education in NC public schools. In 2009, victory was achieved with the signing into law of the Healthy Youth Act. Invigorated by these accomplishments and aware of the continued threats to reproductive choice, NARAL Pro-Choice NC continues to advocate for the reproductive rights of all North Carolinians.