Mere weeks before North Carolina's GOP-controlled legislature enacted a 12-week abortion limit over the Democratic governor's opposition this week, state Republican lawmakers appeared just one vote shy of an override.
While Cotham had voted in favor of further restrictions when the measure initially cleared the House May 4 - a move many Democratic constituents denounced as a “betrayal” - Davis was the lone Republican absent for the vote, making him a primary target of Cooper’s eleventh-hour plea.
The new abortion limits set to take effect July 1 also include new rape or incest exceptions through 20 weeks of pregnancy and exceptions for “life-limiting” fetal anomalies during the first 24 weeks. An existing exception remains for when the life of the pregnant woman is in danger.
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