Conservative Bills and Abortion Bans: North Carolina's Latest Political Moves.

North Carolina lawmakers passed dozens of bills, including a ban on most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, as Republicans hold a veto-proof majority in both chambers of the state legislature. The GOP is pushing an ambitious agenda, including expanding school choice and implementing other conservative reforms to education. The state's newly minted Republican, Tricia Cotham, may prove critical in potentially overriding Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's expected veto. The flurry of votes came after the newly GOP-controlled North Carolina Supreme Court upheld a photo voter identification law and overturned a previous ruling against gerrymandered voting maps.