In front of an exuberant crowd, North Carolina's Democratic governor vetoed legislation Saturday that would have banned nearly all abortions in his state after 12 weeks of pregnancy.
"We're going to have to kick it into an even higher gear when that veto stamp comes down," Cooper told the crowd."If just one Republican in either the House or the Senate keeps a campaign promise to protect women's reproductive health, we can stop this ban."
Cooper, a strong abortion-rights supporter, had until Sunday night to act on the measure that tightens current state law, which bans most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. But Cooper has said repeatedly the details contained in the 47-page bill show that the measure isn't a reasonable compromise and would instead greatly erode reproductive rights.
Cooper has singled out four GOP legislators — three House members and one senator — whom he said made"campaign promises to protect women's reproductive health." Anti-abortion groups accused Cooper of trying to bully them.
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