A federal judge blocked two portions of North Carolina’s new abortion law from taking effect while a lawsuit continues.
from taking effect while a lawsuit continues. But nearly all of the restrictions approved by the legislature this year, including a near-ban after 12 weeks of pregnancy, aren’t being specifically challenged and remain intact.halting enforcement of a provision to require surgical abortions that occur after 12 weeks — those for cases of rape and incest, for example — be performed only in hospitals, not abortion clinics. That limitation would have otherwise taken effect on Sunday.
The litigation doesn’t directly seek to topple the crux of the abortion law enacted in May after GOP legislators Eagles wrote the plaintiffs were likely to be successful on their claim that the law is so vague as to subject abortion providers to claims that they broke the law if they can’t locate an embryo through an ultrasound because the pregnancy is so new.
Republican legislative leaders defending the law in court “have offered no explanation or evidence — that is, no rational basis — for this differing treatment,” Eagles said in her order.Abortion-rights advocates still opposed to the new 12-week restrictions praised Saturday’s ruling.
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Judge blocks 2 provisions in North Carolina's new abortion law; 12-week near-ban remains in placeA federal judge blocked two portions of North Carolina’s new abortion law from taking effect while a lawsuit continues
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Judge blocks 2 provisions in North Carolina's new abortion law; 12-week near-ban remains in placeA federal judge blocked two portions of North Carolina’s new abortion law from taking effect while a lawsuit continues.
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Judge blocks 2 provisions in North Carolina's new abortion law; 12-week near-ban remains in placeA federal judge blocked two portions of North Carolina’s new abortion law from taking effect while a lawsuit continues.
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Judge blocks 2 provisions in North Carolina's new abortion law; 12-week near-ban remains in placeA federal judge blocked two portions of North Carolina’s new abortion law from taking effect while a lawsuit continues.
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Judge blocks 2 provisions in North Carolina's new abortion law; 12-week near-ban remains in placeA federal judge blocked two portions of North Carolina’s new abortion law from taking effect while a lawsuit continues
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