The veto launches a major test for leaders of the GOP-controlled General Assembly to attempt to override the governor’s veto.
Hundreds of abortion-rights activists and voters watched on a plaza in Raleigh between the governor’s office and the Legislative Building as Gov. Roy Cooper affixed his veto stamp to the bill, which also places additional restrictions on physicians, abortion clinics and the women seeking the procedure.
The veto launches a major test for leaders of the GOP-controlled General Assembly to attempt to override Cooper’s veto 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. Cooper, a strong abortion-rights supporter, had until Sunday night to act on the measure that would tighten current state law that bans most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s Democratic governor will veto legislation Saturday that would ban nearly all abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, capping a week of to block the Republican measure he said is much more restrictive than meets the eye.
Abortion-rights activists plan to gather on a plaza in Raleigh near Gov. Roy Cooper’s office and the Legislative Building to see him veto the bill, which also would place additional duties upon physicians, abortion clinics and the women seeking the procedure. The veto will launch a major test for leaders of the GOP-controlled General Assembly to attempt an override vote after they Cooper, a strong abortion-rights supporter, has until Sunday night to act on the measure that would tighten current state law that bans abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Override voting could begin next week.
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