North Carolina’s legislature passed a 12-week abortion ban in the state on Tuesday, overriding Democratic Governor Roy Cooper’s veto of the proposal earlier this week.
The new law prohibits surgical abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, with an exception for rape or incest through 20 weeks, and for a “life-limiting anomaly” through 24 weeks.
The Republican supermajorities in both chambers of the legislature passed the measures in two-thirds majority votes. Four Republicans in the legislature had previously vowed not to restrict abortion rights in North Carolina should they be elected to office,...
The new law prohibits surgical abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, with an exception for rape or incest through 20 weeks, and for a “life-limiting anomaly” through 24 weeks.
The Republican supermajorities in both chambers of the legislature passed the measures in two-thirds majority votes. Four Republicans in the legislature had previously vowed not to restrict abortion rights in North Carolina should they be elected to office,...
- 5/17/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
When he was running for reelection to North Carolina’s House of Representatives this past October, Rep. Ted Davis gave an interview to the New Hanover County Republican Party. “What is your stance on abortion here in North Carolina — are you going to outlaw it completely?” his interviewer, Reuel Sample, asked.
Calling abortion “a very personal, moral issue,” the Wilmington Republican said, “I believe in the [existing] law. … If a woman desires to have an abortion up to 20 weeks, which is the second trimester of pregnancy, she can have an abortion.
Calling abortion “a very personal, moral issue,” the Wilmington Republican said, “I believe in the [existing] law. … If a woman desires to have an abortion up to 20 weeks, which is the second trimester of pregnancy, she can have an abortion.
- 5/12/2023
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
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