Friday, July 5, 2013

Sweeping anti-abortion bill clears NC Senate

Via NC Renegade

 Abortion protest at General Assembly

 With the gallery packed by abortion rights supporters and a protest waged outside the Legislative Building, the state Senate on Wednesday gave its blessing to a series of abortion restrictions.

The bill, which originally prohibited the recognition of foreign law, such as Islamic Sharia law, in family courts, was overhauled Tuesday with little public notice and converted into an omnibus bill titled the Family, Faith and Freedom Protection Act by adding the contents of various anti-abortion legislation pending in the General Assembly.

Senators voted 29-12 along party lines to approve House Bill 695, which now returns to the House for a final vote on the changes.

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