Dear Friend --

Sadly, on Friday—and waiting till the final hours of the workday and the response deadline—Governor Roy Cooper vetoed the Human Life Nondiscrimination Act (HB453).

The Governor explained his veto as follows:

"This bill gives the government control over what happens and what is said in the exam room between a woman and her doctor at a time she faces one of the most difficult decisions of her life. This bill is unconstitutional and it damages the doctor-patient relationship with an unprecedented government intrusion. Therefore, I veto the bill."

Saving unborn babies who have been diagnosed with Down Syndrome from being targeted for selective abortion based solely on their disability prevents discrimination.  Ending that kind of discrimination based on a disability is most certainly not an “unprecedented government intrusion” as Cooper said, because our Civil Rights laws were intentioned to end just that kind of discrimination.  The Governor should mind his own ‘unprecedented government intrusions’ in the past year.

The bill now heads for consideration of a veto override.

Would you consider making a donation today in support our efforts to override Governor Cooper's veto? Thanks to a generous donor every $1 you donate will also be doubled.

Blessings,

Tami Fitzgerald
NC Values Coalition