What Next: North Carolina’s Rush to Restrict Abortion

When a Democratic pro-choice representative defected from her
party, North Carolina Republicans instantly secured a veto-proof
supermajority in the state legislature. Then, they quickly
sent a bill that restricts abortion to their Democratic governor’s
desk, and overrode his veto, ending North Carolina’s time as an
abortion destination in the southeastern United States. Guest:
Rebecca J. Kreitzer, associate professor of public policy at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and expert on abortion
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