North Carolina Lawmakers Override Veto to Enact 12-Week Abortion Ban

North Carolina Lawmakers Override Veto to Enact 12-Week Abortion Ban
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper in Raleigh, N.C., on June 2, 2020. Ethan Hyman/The News & Observer via AP
Caden Pearson
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North Carolina’s Republican-controlled General Assembly overrode the veto of Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper on May 16 to enact legislation that prohibits the majority of abortions after the 12-week mark.

The state House voted 72–48 along party lines after the state Senate voted 30–20, both three-fifths majorities that were achieved owing to the Republican supermajority.

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