Overview

• North Carolina's legislature passed a bill banning abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy with few exceptions.
• The bill creates extra obstacles for women seeking abortions and the doctors who provide them.
• Governor Roy Cooper argues the bill would effectively prohibit most abortions.
• If the bill becomes law, most of the state's abortion clinics would have to close.
• Democrats lack the votes to stop the bill but will campaign against it.