Roy Cooper

FILE - In this May 27, 2021 file photo, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper speaks to the gathered media after his tour of a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Pine Hall Brick plant in Madison, N.C. North Carolina's Senate approved a measure on Thursday, June 10, to prohibit doctors from performing abortions if a woman is seeking it because of race, sex or a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome. (Woody Marshall/News & Record via AP, File)

N.C. ban on Down syndrome abortions heads to Dem governor

The GOP-led North Carolina Senate approved a bill that would ban abortions based on race, sex or a diagnosis of Down syndrome.