North Carolina Republicans moved a step closer to enacting more restrictive abortion laws in a state that’s become a major destination for women seeking the procedure across the South.
Here’s what the North Carolina bill would do:establishes exceptions for rape and incest through 20 weeks, along with an exception for lethal fetal anomalies through 24 weeks and a general exception for life of the mother.
Unlike bans in other states, it is coupled with tens of millions of dollars in funding for child care, foster care and paid family leave. The dollars are aimed at addressing criticisms from abortion rights supporters that conservatives restrict abortions but don’t support mothers and babies.said on the chamber’s floor today. Abortion rights advocates have sought to draw attention to the additional restrictions included in the legislation that would make it more difficult to obtain an abortion. “All we need is one Republican in either chamber to vote with us and we can override the veto,” Cooper told Caroline.
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