NC Enacts Tighter Abortion Restrictions

"The first major victory for the GOP lawmakers' new supermajority yields North Carolina's biggest reduction in abortion access in decades. North Carolina enacted the most extensive reduction in abortion access in decades following a veto override Tuesday in the state’s Republican-controlled General Assembly. The state House of Representatives voted 72-48 to nullify the veto by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. The vote, which came hours after the Senate’s 30-20 party-line override tally, capped an extraordinary legislative whirlwind." —WRAL News

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