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As North Carolina governor, vetoed the 12-week abortion ban in May 2023 (legislature overrode the veto), and in 2019 vetoed the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, arguing it was 'unnecessary interference between doctors and their patients' — rejecting legal protection for life at conception and for born-alive survivors.
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Roy Cooper was endorsed by Reproductive Freedom for All (successor to NARAL) following his 2026 North Carolina Senate primary victory, and his campaign touts his record as governor defending abortion access against legislative restrictions — placing him firmly in the abortion-industry endorsement network the rubric scores against.
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As NC attorney general, refused in 2014 to defend the state's ban on same-sex marriage; as governor opposed a 2017 bill seeking to reenact the ban; and signed legislation in 2020 replacing 'husband and wife' with 'spouses' in state statutes — consistently rejecting the one-man-one-woman definition of marriage.
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, issued Executive Order 138 (May 2020) capping indoor worship services at a maximum of 10 persons while 'normal operations' continued at airports, shopping malls, and medical facilities — applying stricter restrictions to religious gatherings than comparable secular venues. A federal judge immediately issued a temporary restraining order, ruling: 'There is no pandemic exception to the Constitution of the United States or the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment.'
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As North Carolina governor, vetoed House Bill 690 ('No Central Bank Digital Currency Payments to the State Act') in July 2024, blocking NC from banning CBDC use for state payments and barring the state from participating in any Federal Reserve CBDC pilot program. Cooper called the CBDC ban 'premature, vague and reactionary.' The Republican-controlled legislature overrode the veto in September 2024 — meaning Cooper actively prevented an anti-CBDC law from taking effect.
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As North Carolina governor, vetoed SB 824 — the 2018 voter ID bill — even after NC voters passed a constitutional amendment requiring photo ID by referendum, calling it 'a solution in search of a problem.' Also vetoed SB 747 in August 2023 (which eliminated the 3-day mail-in grace period and added signature verification for absentee ballots), calling it 'dangerous'; the Republican legislature overrode both vetoes. As the 2026 Democratic Senate nominee, opposes the federal SAVE Act's proof-of-citizenship voter registration requirement.
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As North Carolina governor, Cooper vetoed legislation that would have required county sheriffs to cooperate with ICE detainer requests for inmates believed to be in the country unlawfully — an anti-anti-sanctuary veto directly contrary to the rubric's anti-sanctuary standard.
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As Governor of North Carolina, vetoed HB 398, which would have repealed the state's pistol purchase permit — a government-issued license required to buy any handgun. The Republican supermajority overrode his veto on March 29, 2023, removing the restriction against Cooper's wishes. His governorship record consistently opposed loosening gun laws; he also opposed permitless-carry expansion and backed background-check expansion — rejecting the rubric's anti-licensing, anti-registry posture.
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