S20 restricts abortion after 12 weeks of a woman’s pregnancy, rather than 20 weeks, except in cases of rape or incest, a life-limiting anomaly, or a medical emergency.
The Senate passed S20 on May 16, 2023, by a vote of 30 to 20, overriding the Governor’s veto. We have assigned pluses to the ayes because North Carolina should act to ban the practice of abortion entirely and secure the right to life for all persons. The right to life is the most fundamental, God-given, and unalienable right asserted in the Declaration of Independence and protected by the Fifth and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.