North Carolina vetoes bill banning abortion based on race, sex or genetic abnormality
Democratic North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper has vetoed legislation that would bar women from having abortions based on the race, sex, or potential genetic abnormality of her preborn baby.
House Bill 453 would “prohibit the practice of abortion for the purpose of terminating the life of an unborn child because of that child’s race, sex, or the presence or presumed presence of a genetic abnormality like Down syndrome.”
But the state’s Democratic governor vetoed the legislation and said it would interfere in decisions between a woman and her doctor.
“This bill gives the government control over what happens and what is said in the exam room between a woman and a doctor,” the pro-abortion governor said, adding it presents “unprecedented government intrusion” and “damages the doctor-patient relationship.”
A federal court has upheld a similar law in Ohio.
Source: lifesitenews.com
