North Carolina abortion: 12-week ban likely despite governor's veto threat

Republicans command a supermajority in the state legislature to override any move to veto the law.

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The move comes as conservatives move to strip away abortion rights after the Supreme Court ended the nationwide right to abortion in June.Currently, abortion is banned in North Carolina after 20 weeks of gestation. Republicans gained their veto-proof supermajority of both chambers last month after a Democrat who had previously vowed to protect abortion switched her party affiliation to Republican.

It also allows doctors to perform an abortion if the pregnancy threatens the life of the mother, and permits medical providers to refuse an abortion "on moral, ethical, or religious grounds".

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