NC legislature passes unborn protections
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper Associated Press/Photo by Woody Marshall/News & Record (file)
The bill would protect babies from being aborted on the basis of race, sex, or a Down syndrome diagnosis. The North Carolina Senate on Thursday sent the legislation to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s desk. Republican Sen. Joyce Krawiec said the protections would prevent discrimination and “modern-day eugenics.”
What’s the outlook? Cooper will likely veto the bill, as he has with previous pro-life measures. North Carolina already prohibits sex-selective abortions. The new legislation would require physicians to affirm with a signature that an abortion was not because the baby had any of the protected traits.
Dig deeper: Read Leah Hickman’s report in Vitals about state efforts to protect babies with Down syndrome.
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Very thankful the Lord has called my husband, NC Senator Warren Daniel, and me to serve in our state's General Assembly for such a time as this. Please pray that our colleagues across the aisle would be bold enough to override a veto. Standing for the Lord instead of bowing to partisan political pressures.
Very thankful the Lord has called my husband, NC Senator Warren Daniel, and me to serve in our state's General Assembly for such a time as this. Please pray that our colleagues across the aisle would be bold enough to override a veto. Standing for the Lord instead of bowing to partisan political pressures.