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...
How the Supreme Court’s abortion ruling could affect the North Carolina Senate race
June 27, 2022 1:59PM ET