The Battle Over Abortion Restrictions in North Carolina and South Carolina.

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper has called on pro-choice Republicans to prevent a veto override of a bill that would put new restrictions on abortion after 12 weeks of pregnancy, down from the current 20 weeks. Cooper has promised to veto the bill, calling it "an egregious, unacceptable attack on the women of our state." Republicans hold super-majorities in both the General Assembly and state Senate and have enough votes to override his veto, but Cooper is hoping the North Carolina bill will fail as abortion restrictions in South Carolina and Nebraska failed after Republican holdouts prevented those bills from passing.