Name: Q&A: 12-week abortion restrictions likely to pass today
Uploaded: 2023-05-16T12:20:00-0400
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Description: New abortion restrictions will likely pass into law later today, limiting abortions after 12 weeks in North Carolina and requiring new steps to get an abortion that critics say will make it harder for women with low incomes to get an abortion at any time. WRAL state government reporter Travis Fain joins us to discuss.

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<p>EDUCATION. DOCTOR RICHARDS FIRST DAY IS JULY 1ST. &gt;&gt; NEW ABORTION RESTRICTIONS WILL LIKELY PASS INTO LAW LATER TODAY LIMITING ABORTIONS AFTER 12 WEEKS IN NORTH CAROLINA AND REQUIRING NEW STEPS TO GET AN ABORTION THAT CRITICS SAY WILL MAKE IT HARDER FOR WOMEN WITH LOW INCOMES TO GET AN ABORTION AT ANY TIME. WRAL, STATE GOVERNMENT REPORTER TRAVIS FAIN JOINS US NOW TO DISCUSS THIS. TRAVIS BILL'S BEEN MOVING QUICKLY. TELL US WHAT IT DOES BRIEFLY. &gt;&gt; TAKES THE CURRENT COFFIN ABORTIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA LAW FOR 20 WEEKS, PREGNANCY DOWN TO 12 WEEKS WITH EXCEPTIONS FOR RAPE, INCEST, FETAL ABNORMALITIES, MEDICAL EMERGENCIES. YOU CAN HAVE AN ABORTION AFTER 12 WEEKS AND THOSE CASES. IT ALSO REQUIRES AN IN-PERSON DOCTOR'S VISIT, AT LEAST 72 HOURS BEFORE AN ABORTION CURRENT LAW ALLOWS A PHONE CONSULTATION. THEIR NEW LAW MAKES THAT IN VERSE AND THE MINUTE AT ANOTHER APPOINTMENT AFTER THE ABORTION. SO THAT'S 3 DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS A GIVEN THAT THERE ARE ONLY LIKE 14 CLINICS THAT PERFORM ABORTIONS IN NEWARK ON A CRITICS POINT OUT, THIS WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR WOMAN WHO CAN'T GET TIME OFF WORK OR WHO HAS OTHER CHILDREN TO WATCH TO GET AN ABORTION IF IT REQUIRES AT LEAST 2 AND POTENTIALLY 3 TRIPS. &gt;&gt; GOVERNOR ROY COOPER VETOED THIS BILL SATURDAY. YOU FULLY EXPECT THE LEGISLATURE'S REPUBLICAN MAJORITY TO OVERRIDE THAT VETO. IS THAT RIGHT? &gt;&gt; YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. AND LAWMAKERS ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT OVERRIDE THE GOVERNOR TODAY, BOTH IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE. SO IT'S POSSIBLE SOMETHING GOES WRONG. THAT PLAN. BUT USUALLY WHEN LEADERSHIP AND NOW TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHEN THEY MOVE THIS QUICKLY MEANS THEY HAVE THE VOTES. SO THAT PROCESS STARTS SOMETIME IN THE SENATE AFTER 04:00PM TODAY, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE SAID LIKE MAYBE 20 MINUTES AGO HE SAID THIS, THE HOUSE IS GOING TO VOTE AFTER 08:00PM AND THAT HE HAS THE VOTES HE NEEDS. THIS WILL PROBABLY BE ALL TONIGHT. &gt;&gt; HEAD SPINNING FAST, SO PASSED INTO LAW TONIGHT. WHEN DOES IT TAKE EFFECT WHEN WITH ABORTIONS? RESTRICTIONS ACTUALLY CHANGE. &gt;&gt; THE THINGS MOST PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE INTERESTED IN JULY. 1ST OF THE 12 WEEK LIMIT THAT 72 HOUR IN-PERSON CONSULTATION THAT'S GOING INTO EFFECT JULY. SOME OTHER RULES IMPACTING SURGICAL ABORTION CLINICS, NEW RULES THAT MAY ACTUALLY SHUT THE FACILITY DOWN, ALTHOUGH THAT'S THAT'S A LITTLE BIT UNCLEAR. STILL AT THIS POINT, THOSE RULES WOULD HAVE TO BE ADOPTED BY OCTOBER. 1ST. &gt;&gt; TRAVIS FAIN LIVE IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WILL BE BRINGING LIVE TEAM COVERAGE ALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY. NO, YOU STAY ON TOP OF</p>

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