Last Call For The Road To Gilead Goes Through North Carolina, Con't

NC Republicans aren't wasting any time now that traitorous ex-Democrat Tricia Cotham's decision to join their ranks, giving them the two-thirds majority needed to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's promised veto on a newly-proposed 12-week abortion ban.

 

The bill is called the “Care for Women, Children, and Families Act,” and it will likely be placed into Senate Bill 20 using a procedural move where both House and Senate Rules committees will meet to discuss the bill. The bill would then move to the floor to be discussed and voted on again. This is not a common procedure, but the move quickly sends the bill to Governor Cooper, who will likely veto it.

“This proposal erodes even further the freedom of women and their doctors to make deeply personal health care decisions,” Cooper tweeted after the press conference. “I, along with most North Carolinians are alarmed by the overreach of Republican politicians into people’s personal lives, and I strongly oppose it.”

However, in a recent poll, 57% of North Carolinians support legislation to prohibit abortions after the first trimester, with exceptions for rape, incest, and when the life of the mother is in danger.

According to Rep. Sarah Stevens, R-Surry, every Republican in the House and Senate has agreed on this bill, meaning there is enough support to override Cooper’s veto.

Stevens also mentioned there may be some Democrats willing to vote for the bill. Still reeling from Rep. Tricia Cotham’s decision to switch to Republican affiliation last month, Democrats have struggled to keep its members on the same policy page on issues like abortion that divide the Democrat caucus along moderate versus liberal progressive lines.

A member of the House informed Carolina Journal on the condition of anonymity that as many as four House Democrats are expected to back the bill.

Two Democrats, both of whom are pastors, who are most likely to vote in favor of restricting abortion, are Reps. Garland Pierce, D-Scotland, and Amos Quick, D-Guilford.

Three more Democrats who have shown they are willing to work with Republicans on other issues, and could potentially agree with them on this bill, are Reps. Shelly Willingham, D-Edgecombe, Michael Wray, D-Northampton, and Cecil Brockman, D-Guilford.

According to a press release from Senate Republicans, the bill will make the following changes to North Carolina’s abortion laws:

• Limit elective abortions in the second and third trimesters
• Establish an exception for rape and incest through 20 weeks
• Establish an exception for fetal life-limiting anomalies through 24 weeks

The bill maintains an exception to save the life of the mother through the duration of her pregnancy.

“The ‘Care for Women, Children, and Families Act’ is reasonable, commonsense legislation that will protect more lives than at any point in the last 50 years,” said Sen. Joyce Krawiec, R-Forsyth. “We are beginning the process of creating a culture that values life, and that’s something we can all be incredibly proud of.”

"Incredibly proud" that at least we're not banning abortion completely, so you bitches should be goddamn grateful to the Republican party, right?

We're enlightened troglodytes, you see, ladies.

That 12-week ban will become a six-week ban as soon as the election is over, but I guess it's a victory, yay!