North Carolina governor vetoes abortion limits, launches override showdown<\/p>\n
North Carolina\u2019s Democratic governor has vetoed legislation<\/a> that would have banned nearly all abortions after 12 weeks<\/a> of pregnancy. The veto came Saturday during a public rally.<\/p>\n Read more at NBC News<\/a><\/p>\n Abortion in North Carolina Hinges on Just One Republican Keeping Their Word<\/p>\n Davis, reached for comment, declined to say whether he will vote to override Cooper\u2019s expected veto \u2014 despite his previously stated opposition to the bill\u2019s restrictions.<\/p>\n Rep. Tricia Cotham \u2014\u00a0who campaigned<\/a> as a pro-choice Democrat before switching parties last month<\/a> \u2014 is another of the lawmakers who told voters she would oppose such restrictions. Cotham co-sponsored a bill to codify the protections of Roe v. Wade<\/em> earlier this legislative session. There\u2019s also Rep. John Bradford, who represents Mecklenburg County, which Biden swept by more than 35 points. He said<\/a> in October, \u201cI have no intentions, myself, of going back to Raleigh and trying to make the 20 weeks more restrictive.\u201d And then there\u2019s Sen. Michael Lee, who declared in a September op-ed<\/a>, \u201cI am against bans in the first trimester.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more at Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n North Carolina Senate votes to override governor\u2019s abortion ban veto<\/p>\n \u201cThey say this is a reasonable 12-week ban. It\u2019s not,\u201d Cooper said in the video. \u201cThe fine print requirements and restrictions will shut down clinics and make abortion completely unavailable to many women at any time, causing desperation and death.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more at NBC News<\/a><\/p>\n Republicans in North Carolina override veto of 12-week abortion ban<\/p>\n The ban will further erode access to abortion in one of the last Southern states to permit the procedure past six weeks. Until now, abortion was legal up to 20 weeks in North Carolina, making it a haven as surrounding states passed near-total or very limited abortion bans.<\/p>\n Read more at 19th News<\/a><\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" North Carolina governor vetoes abortion limits, launches override showdown North Carolina\u2019s Democratic governor has vetoed legislation that would have banned nearly all abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy. The veto came Saturday during a public rally. Read more at NBC News Abortion in North Carolina Hinges on Just One Republican Keeping Their Word Davis, reached … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[67],"class_list":["post-1012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-north-carolina"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1012"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1013,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012\/revisions\/1013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}