Roy Cooper



Roy Asberry Cooper III (born June 13, 1957) is an American attorney and politician, serving as the governor of North Carolina since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 49th North Carolina attorney general of North Carolina from 2001 to 2017. He also served in the North Carolina General Assembly in both the House of Representatives (1987–1991) and Senate (1991–2001).

2022

 * For 50 years, women have relied on their constitutional right to make their own medical decisions, but today that right has been tragically ripped away. That means it’s now up to the states to determine whether women get reproductive health care, and in North Carolina they still can. I will continue to trust women to make their own medical decisions as we fight to keep politicians out of the doctor’s exam room.
 * "Governor Cooper Statement on Supreme Court Overturning Roe v. Wade". (June 24, 2022).