>>It appears that constant protesting played a big role in defeating the governor of NC's reelection:

Not protesting, but a competent campaign for public awareness of some of the scheming and sneakery to pass legislation the people didn't want. Trump is criticized for the opposite = blurting things out rather than deviousness.

>>No, the hospital can decide they don't perform abortions. FWIW, a few years ago, two of my local hospitals proposed a merger. One was a Catholic hospital and it was announced that their policy on abortion would apply at both hospitals. Our community rose up and protested loudly and insistently that that was not acceptable. The merger was scrapped.

I watched a similar event that ended with the non-Catholic hospital closing its doors. Yet Trump is evil for damaging others' business?

>>It's good lawmaking, even if you don't like the actual law.
>>I disagree. The law that Pence signed allowed pure discrimination in the obvious area. Had it stood, it likely would have been overturned by Federal courts, but in the meantime, people would have been hurt by it.

So you don't like the law. What about the lawmaking motive for eliminating "complication" (your word) that's the cause of a lot of friction as well as closed hospitals and businesses?