The vote came as abortion rights in the U.S. faced another tectonic shift with lawmakers debating laws to sharply limit abortion in North and South Carolina, two of the few remaining Southern states with relatively easy access.
will attempt late Tuesday to complete the override of Gov. Roy Cooper's veto in a consequential test of unity for their recently attained supermajority. In both the House and Senate, Republicans hold the exact three-fifths majority needed to pull off an override if all members are present and vote together.
During the hour of North Carolina Senate debate, Republicans urged colleagues to override Cooper’s veto, saying the Democratic governor has been dishonest in public about the extent of the proposed restrictions.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.
Democrats focused on details of the abortion rules, which they say would place barriers between women and their doctors, leaving those who are pregnant in danger. "So many Republicans have just keeled over from pressure from all the groups who are just filled with hate and are pushing things that are going against God," said Sharon Dooley, 61, of Garner, North Carolina.
That decision left abortion legal through 22 weeks of pregnancy. A sharp increase in abortions since then has rankled Republicans. . The proposal comes after lawmakers rejected a bill last month that would have banned abortion after cardiac activity is detected.
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