This week, North Carolina state representative Tricia Cotham stunned her party and district when she announced she’s switching her affiliation to the GOP — effectively delivering Republicans a vetoproof supermajority and the power to end legal abortion
Photo-Illustration: The Cut; Photo: AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File, a Democrat, stood on the House floor to oppose the state’s proposed 72-hour waiting period for abortion care and shared the story of her own termination.in 2015 of her decision to end an unviable pregnancy that threatened her life. “This decision was up to me, my husband, my doctor, and my God. It was not up to any of you in this chamber, and I didn’t take a survey.
” Cotham finished her speech by saying: “My womb and my uterus is not up for your political grab. Legislators — you — do not hold shares in my body, so stop trying to manipulate my mind.”she’s switching her affiliation to the GOP. Her decision effectively delivers Republicans a vetoproof supermajority in the statehouse, and with it, the power to end legal abortion in the state — a change that would be devastating not only for North Carolinians but the entire region.
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