“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.”Īndrea 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. “We’re going to have to kick it into an even higher gear when that veto stamp comes down,” Cooper told the crowd.

Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. The bill was the Republican response to last year’s U.S. 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. Roy Cooper affixed his veto stamp to the bill in an unconventionally public display. (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.Ībortion-rights activists and voters watched on a plaza in the capital of Raleigh as Gov.

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