Washington (CNN) North Carolina's Republican-led House of Representatives failed to override a veto by the state's Democratic governor that kept a bill from becoming law that would require doctors to try to preserve the life of an infant born alive during an attempted abortion.

According to the North Carolina Legislature's website, the House failed to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of the " Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act ," in a 67-53 vote. To override the veto, lawmakers needed the approval of three-fifths of each chamber.

The failed override effort in North Carolina is in contrast to a number of states with GOP-controlled legislatures that have passed restrictive measures on abortion.

Those states include Georgia Louisiana and Missouri , which have passed laws that would ban abortions early in a pregnancy -- before many women know they are pregnant. Alabama went even further, with GOP Gov. Kay Ivey signing a bill into law that would punish doctors who perform abortions with life in prison. Ivey noted when she signed the bill that the measure could be unenforceable due to its clash with the landmark Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade.

The wave of abortion measures has ignited controversy and legal action. Entertainment companies have debated openly the possibility they would relocate ventures planned for Georgia if the state's new abortion law takes effect, and abortion providers and abortion-rights advocates have pledged to hold up the new laws in court.

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