When announcing her party switch in April, Cotham similarly claimed pressure from Cooper and legislative Democrats made her feel disrespected and in part prompted her defection.Ĭooper defended his cross-state campaign to persuade at least one Republican to uphold his veto, saying the 47-page bill had been approved less than 48 hours after its release. “Based on things that have happened in my conscience, I could not vote to support Cooper, in part because of the manner in which he has tried to pressure and bully me into voting to support him,” Davis told The Associated Press after the override vote. An existing exception remains for when the life of the pregnant woman is in danger. The new abortion limits set to take effect July 1 also include new rape or incest exceptions through 20 weeks of pregnancy and exceptions for “life-limiting” fetal anomalies during the first 24 weeks. Davis now stands by his override vote, viewing it as a separate matter and one on which he made no promises. The Wilmington-area Republican, who said at a candidate forum last fall that he supported “what the law is in North Carolina right now,” which was a 20-week limit, contends he did not break any campaign promises.

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