How the Supreme Court’s abortion ruling could affect the North Carolina Senate race

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Hours after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade Friday, abortion found its way to the forefront of North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race. At a news conference Friday in Raleigh, Democratic nominee Cheri Beasley, the former North Carolina Supreme Court chief justice, said the ruling has brought the country to a turning point, one that she hoped would energize Democratic voters. Her Republican competitor, U.S. Rep. Ted Budd, issued a statement of his own, calling the decision “a victory for the millions of unborn children who may now realize the most fundamental of all hu...