Judge reinstates North Carolina's 20-week abortion ban
Source: Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Abortions in North Carolina are no longer legal after 20 weeks of pregnancy, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, eroding protections in one of the Souths few remaining safe havens for reproductive freedom.
U.S. District Judge William Osteen reinstated an unenforced 20-week abortion ban, with exceptions for urgent medical emergencies, after he said the June U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade erased the legal foundation for his 2019 ruling that placed an injunction on the 1973 state law.
His decision defies the recommendations of all named parties in the 2019 case, including doctors, district attorneys and the attorney generals office, who earlier this month filed briefs requesting he let the injunction stand.
Neither this court, nor the public, nor counsel, nor providers have the right to ignore the rule of law as determined by the Supreme Court, wrote Osteen, who was appointed to the court by Republican President George W. Bush.
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By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM
48 minutes ago
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/abortion-health-north-carolina-government-and-politics-59ec5074eb84f16aa614276c7c3fa24d
I guess that I need to have another talk with my 19 year old daughter and my 21 year old son.
dsc
(52,130 posts)Democrats should have removed that law when they had the chance (we had a trifecta for much of the time from when Roe was decided until 2011).
yardwork
(61,418 posts)Roe was one of the most successful wedge issues in U.S. history. Democrats we're afraid to support abortion rights.
sakabatou
(42,083 posts)certainot
(9,090 posts)these universities support 16 RW xlimbaugh radio stations
NORTH CAROLINA 16 North Carolina 8, North Carolina State 3, Duke 3, East Carolina 2
these are the same dumbfucks on the radio that pushed the bathroom bills
how many activist students at those unis are wasting their time by not stopping how their own unis are kneecapping them
that is fucking stupid
Polybius
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Wonder if the judge felt that he really didn't have much choice, since Roe is no longer there.