North Carolina Lawmaker Who Gave Pro-Abortion Speeches Just Voted for Abortion Ban

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North Carolina Lawmaker Who Gave Pro-Abortion Speeches Just Voted for Abortion Ban

Shortly before 10 pm Wednesday night, North Carolina state Rep. Tricia Cotham (R) voted for a 12-week abortion ban, which was debated in secret and could devastate access across the South. (The bill passed the State House, though one vote shy of a veto-proof majority because another Republican didn’t vote.)

A Republican banning abortion isn’t news, but Cotham only joined the GOP when she mysteriously switched parties in April. Making the move all the more puzzling, in January of this year, she co-sponsored a bill to codify the protections of Roe v. Wade into state law, which would prohibit the state from banning abortion before fetal viability (about 24 weeks). And in 2015, Cotham spoke on the House floor about her own medically necessary abortion following a miscarriage. “This decision was up to me, my husband, my doctor and my God. It was not up to any of you in this chamber,” Cotham said in opposing an anti-abortion bill.

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[Mad_Machine76]

1. How many pieces of silver

Did she give up her principles for?

[chowder66]

2. The way she reads that statement has zero feeling. It makes me wonder if

she was a plant all along.

[Mad_Machine76]

3. Makes me wonder

If she is a fan of Kyrsten Sinema and thought, “hey, I wanna be just like her!”

[chowder66]

4. That's a thought.