Sarah Stevens Will Defend Parental Rights, Anita Earls Won't

RALEIGH - North Carolina families can depend on conservative Sarah Stevens to defend parental rights on the N.C. Supreme Court. The same cannot be said for radical liberal activist Anita Earls.

In a recent appellate decision, a lawsuit filed by a Guilford County mother and her son over a forced Covid vaccination can proceed in part due to court rulings by the N.C. Supreme Court and the N.C. Court of Appeals. Anita Earls dissented in the matter, saying government officials should be held accountable for a forced vaccination and did not violate their state constitutional rights.

Emily Happel and and her son, Tanner Smith, began in 2021.

"My son told me that the lady who was helping him said they had tried to call his mother, but that she didn't answer and said, 'Let's just give it to him anyway.' I still had no idea that he was going to be getting a vaccine; I was still waiting for a test," Happel told North State Journal.

When the case made its way to the N.C. Supreme Court, the justices ruled 5-2 to allow the case to proceed and not be dismissed. Earls joined the dissenting opinion of fellow Democrat Allison Riggs that Happel and Smith are not owed accountability by the local school board and medical provider.

Sarah Stevens, who spent nearly two decades as a state legislator, sponsored and voted for legislation to assert the rights of parents and defend families. Rising to become just the second female House Speaker Pro Tempore, she supported the 2023 Parental Bill of Rights Bill.

"Sarah Stevens has built a career as a common sense conservative who will uphold the constitutional rights of North Carolinians while radical liberal activist Anita Earls is in the pocket of rich out-of-state donors. This disturbing case is just one example of Sarah Stevens looking out for the rights of all North Carolinians," said an NCGOP spokesman.