Controversial 12-Week Abortion Ban Passed by North Carolina Legislature.

The North Carolina legislature has passed a bill that would ban most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, which would limit abortion access throughout the South if enacted. The state's Democratic governor, Roy Cooper, has called the bill "extreme" and plans to veto it, but the legislature has the potential to override his veto if Republicans can keep their party united to muster enough votes. The bill would reduce abortion access in the state, which currently allows abortion up to 20 weeks, and further curtail the procedure throughout the South, where one state after another has pushed to ban or restrict it since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last summer.