The ongoing battle over North Carolina's 12-week abortion ban.

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper has called the state's 12-week abortion ban a "compromise between the right-wing and the radical right-wing." Cooper vetoed the legislation earlier this month, but the Republican-controlled state General Assembly overrode the veto. The bill also includes provisions aimed at expanding access to contraception and upping paid parental leave for state employees, but Cooper described these facets as "lipstick on a pig." The Democratic governor noted that the bill is "better than some of the surrounding states" but said "we know that Republicans are unified in their assault on women’s reproductive freedom."