If we believe every person counts in North Carolina, the way we protect the most vulnerable in our society - the unborn - speaks to our strength as a people. I believe in respect for each human life and I believe in the value and possibility of each soul. We must promote a culture of life in North Carolina which welcomes each child into this world and protects them by law. In North Carolina, reasonable people must work across party lines to reduce abortions and promote alternatives such as adoption, increase foster care facilities, and promote abstinence-based sex education programs.