The new law is just the latest in a string of strict restrictions on abortion passed by individual states since Roe v. Wade was overturned. In recent months, eight other GOP-led states have enacted laws outlawing abortion at various stages of pregnancy.
The new law is just the latest in a string of strict restrictions on abortion passed by individual states since Roe v. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court in June 2022.
The state's House and Senate overrode the governor's veto on a party-line vote, with Republicans having attained the three-fifths majority in both chambers after one Democratic state representative changed parties. State law previously banned nearly all abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, and Cooper spent last week unsuccessfully trying to persuade at least one Republican to side with him and uphold his veto. North Carolina law previously banned nearly all abortions after 20 weeks.
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