North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper signs an executive order designed to protect abortion rights in the state at the Executive Mansion in Raleigh, N.C. on Wednesday, July 6, 2022. The order in part prevents the extradition of a woman who receives an abortion in North Carolina but may live in another state where the procedure is barred. (AP Photo/Gary D. Roberts)
July 6, 2022
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States move to protect abortion from prosecutions elsewhere
In Washington state, the governor prohibited the state patrol from cooperating with out-of-state abortion investigations or prosecutions