North Carolina governor vetoes abortion ban bill, prepares for possible override
Roy Cooper, governor of North Carolina, speaks about investments in affordable, accessible high-speed internet at the Carole Hoefener Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, US, on Thursday, July 21, 2022.
Photographer: Grant Baldwin/Bloomberg via Getty RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - In front of an exuberant crowd, North Carolina’s Democratic governor vetoed legislation Saturday that would have banned nearly all abortions in his state after 12 weeks of pregnancy.About 1,000 abortion-rights activists and voters watched on a plaza in the capital of Raleigh as Gov.
Roy Cooper affixed his veto stamp to the bill in an unconventionally public display. The veto launches a major test for leaders of the GOP-controlled General Assembly to attempt an override vote after they recently gained veto-proof majorities in both chambers.
The bill was the Republican response to last year’s U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade."We’re going to have to kick it into an even higher gear when that veto stamp comes down," Cooper told the crowd. "If just one Republican in either the House or the Senate keeps a campaign promise to protect women’s reproductive health, we can stop this ban."RELATED: North Dakota adopts strict abortion ban after 6 weeks of pregnancyAndrea Long, a 42-year-old mother of three from Cary, said she was honored be part of the "electric" crowd on what she called a "historic day for freedom" in North Carolina.The Supreme Court on Friday preserved women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues."I couldn’t stop crying tears of joy seeing the governor hold up the veto stamp, but I know it’s an uphill battle to keep this momentum going," Long.
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