North Carolina governor vetoes 12-week abortion ban as override threat looms
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper needs at least one Republican to decline to override his veto to defeat a bill that bans most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Saturday vetoed a Republican bill that would ban most abortions after 12 weeks, though the politics of the state mean that the possibility of a veto override is imminent. The Democratic governor would likely need just one Republican defector to prevent the GOP-led legislature from overriding his veto and allowing the current 20-week limit to remain in place -- and he implored those lawmakers to exercise that option. "Maybe it'll be a friend or family member or even a doctor of one of these Republican legislators who convinces them to step up and do the right thing," the governor said on Saturday as he issued the veto at a rally of hundreds of abortion rights supporters and voters in downtown Raleigh. "If just one Republican follows his or her con Science , if just one Re...