Posted on 05/13/2023 6:01:54 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Saturday vetoed a bill banning abortions after the first trimester, teeing up an override vote by the GOP supermajority legislature.
The Democrat decried the legislation, which he vetoed at a rally in downtown Raleigh, as a “complicated and confusing monster bill” that makes patients “navigate a wicked obstacle course just to get care.”
“Standing in the way of progress right now is this Republican supermajority legislature that only took 48 hours to turn the clock back 50 years on women’s health,” Cooper said. “Let’s be clear: This bill has nothing to do with making women safer and everything to do with banning abortion.”
Republican lawmakers quickly introduced and passed the bill earlier this month over the complaints of Democrats, who argued they hadn’t had enough time to debate the legislation.
Legislative leaders had, however, signaled for months they were trying to reach a compromise on new abortion restrictions, though it was unclear whether they would before the end of session.
After lawmakers approved the legislation, Cooper pledged to veto the bill, and called on four moderate Republicans to oppose an override, including one who was absent from the vote. He spent the last week traveling across the state to districts represented by those lawmakers, hoping to persuade them.
“If even 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,” Cooper said. “There are four legislators who made these promises, but I think there may be more who know in their hearts and minds that this is bad.”
Caitlin Connors, southern regional director for SBA Pro-Life America, slammed Cooper’s veto as “extreme.”
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Seems Roy doesn’t mind killing defenseless unborn Americans.
Of course he vetoed, Cooper is a Demonicrat, an acolyte of Molech.
Abortion IS NOT AND NEVER HAS BEEN “healthcare”
Abortion is murder.
The Republican legislative majority has fought long and hard to become the ‘majority’ and have the necessary power to override Coopers stinking veto!
For years their fight seemed hopeless…
….but not anymore!
Lame duck Cooper will not control the legislative narrative anymore in NC this session. This will change in due time as more yankees move in to the cities.
Lame duck Cooper will not control the legislative narrative anymore in NC this session.Wanna bet?
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