Cooper goes on tour to pressure pro-life lawmakers
Prior to vetoing new abortion legislation, Governor Roy Cooper is touring the state to pressure pro-life Republican lawmakers to reconsider their stance.
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Prior to vetoing new abortion legislation, Governor Roy Cooper is touring the state to pressure pro-life Republican lawmakers to reconsider their stance.
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North Carolina's Democratic governor rallied residents and local doctors Wednesday in Wilmington as part of a last-minute bid to persuade at least one Republican lawmaker to sustain his expected veto of a bill banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy.
Gov. Roy Cooper, who plans to reject a bill than bans abortions past the first trimester, is making last-minute pleas to convince a Republican lawmaker to sustain his veto.
Governor Cooper finished the final stop of roundtables to express concerns with SB 20, which would ban most abortions in the state after twelve weeks.