North Carolina’s Republican-majority state legislature will vote today on whether to overturn Governor Roy Cooper’s veto of a 12-week abortion ban. The move could deal a fresh blow to one of the last bastions of abortion access in the south, which has been significantly curtailed after the supreme court overturned Roe v Wade last year.
The new restrictions pose grave concerns for abortion providers, who have already witnessed a sharp uptick in patients traveling to North Carolina for abortion care afterAdvocates who foresaw the passage of SB 20 sprang into action in the days following the legislative decision, hoping to sway lawmakers who showed support for reproductive rights in the past, like Tricia Cotham, a representative who handed house Republicans a supermajority after switching parties last month.