Abortion activists in North Carolina celebrated on Saturday after Governor Roy Cooper vetoed a bill that would severely restrict abortion rights in the state.
“I couldn’t stop crying tears of joy seeing the governor hold up the veto stamp, but I know it’s an uphill battle to keep this momentum going,” an attendee told the
Associated Press. Republicans hold a veto-proof majority in both houses of the state legislature, thanks to state representative Tricia Cotham, a former Democrat who
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