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Not to be outdone by SD, AR, NE, FL or others wanting to copy Texas, NC Repubs are salivating
over the idea of enacting similar anti-choice legislation. Thanks to our Dem Governor Cooper and 2018 voter turnout that reduced the number of Republicans in our State Legislature, he has been successfully able to veto all the anti-choice bills since 2018 and the Republicans have not been able to override them.
But, with the new census, redistricting is again on the table, and therein lies the answer to preserving the Constitutional right for women to control their own bodies as long as Democrats, women, and unaffiliated voters come out and support pro-choice candidates.
This was the front page, above the fold story in the print edition of the Raleigh News Observer this morning.
The Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision not to block enforcement of the law while courts determine whether it is constitutional is being hailed as a major victory by anti-abortion advocates across the country, including in North Carolina, where lawmakers are taking note of other states’ successes and how the courts respond.
The Supreme Court’s refusal to act on the Texas law has given anti-abortion advocates in North Carolina hope, though, as lawmakers await its ruling on a Mississippi law prohibiting most abortions after 15 weeks. That decision is expected to come down next summer.
The fate of both of those laws will influence how North Carolina’s Republican lawmakers approach abortion legislation going forward. If Texas and Mississippi’s laws hold up and Republicans win a veto-proof majority in 2022, North Carolina’s legislature will almost certainly pass similar legislation.
“We are seeing anti-abortion activists and lawmakers more emboldened than they have been in a long time,” said Susanna Birdsong, North Carolina director of public affairs for Planned Parenthood South Atlantic.
The Supreme Court’s refusal to act on the Texas law has given anti-abortion advocates in North Carolina hope, though, as lawmakers await its ruling on a Mississippi law prohibiting most abortions after 15 weeks. That decision is expected to come down next summer.
The fate of both of those laws will influence how North Carolina’s Republican lawmakers approach abortion legislation going forward. If Texas and Mississippi’s laws hold up and Republicans win a veto-proof majority in 2022, North Carolina’s legislature will almost certainly pass similar legislation.
“We are seeing anti-abortion activists and lawmakers more emboldened than they have been in a long time,” said Susanna Birdsong, North Carolina director of public affairs for Planned Parenthood South Atlantic.
Read more here: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article254002253.html#storylink=cpy
Cross posted here at the request of littlemissmartypants from the original post in GD and that thread with comments is here https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215823707