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GOP thinks it has the votes to override Gov. Cooper's veto of NC abortion bill

Republican leaders in both chambers of the General Assembly predict a swift override Tuesday in the first test of the party's supermajority.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Republican leaders in the GOP-controlled North Carolina legislature think they have the votes to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a controversial bill restricting abortion access in the state. That appears to include the support of four moderate Republicans Cooper sought to cajole into siding with him.

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Both chambers plan to vote on the override Tuesday — three days after Cooper rejected the bill during a rally across from the General Assembly building in downtown Raleigh.

Republicans maintain a narrow veto-proof majority in both chambers of the General Assembly. If one Republican in either chamber votes to support the veto, the bill, Senate Bill 20, fails to become law. The bill would reduce the cutoff for many abortions from 20 weeks to 12 and add other restrictions to women seeking abortions and clinics seeking to provide them.

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