North Carolina House fails to override governor's veto of 'born alive' abortion bill
By Tal Axelrod - 06/05/19 05:26 PM EDT
North Carolina lawmakers Wednesday failed to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s (D) veto of a “born alive†abortion bill.
The legislation would have required medical professionals to provide the same care to an infant who survives an abortion as they would to any other newborn. Though most members of the state House supported the veto override, 67-53, the legislation failed to get the 60 percent supermajority needed to overturn Cooper’s decision.
The original bill, which passed both houses of the state legislature largely along party lines, was advertised by Republicans as an attempt to prevent infanticide rather than to prevent abortions.
Should the bill have become law, providers who did not comply would have been found guilty of a felony and fined up to $250,000. The legislation adds that anyone who intentionally “performs an overt act†that kills a child “born alive†could be guilty of murder.
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