Federal Judge Allows NC Abortion Ban To Go Into Effect

CNN reports:

A federal judge late on Friday cleared the way for North Carolina’s 12-week ban on most abortions to take effect Saturday. The law provides exceptions in the case of rape or incest through 20 weeks of pregnancy or in the event of a “life-limiting anomaly” through 24 weeks.

The law also prohibits health care providers who object to abortion “on moral, ethical, or religious grounds” from being required to participate in abortion procedures.

The judge, however, temporarily halted a provision of the bill, which required doctors to document the location of early pregnancies with ultrasound evidence before prescribing a medication abortion.

Read the full article. In May, the state legislature overrode the vote of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper.

Abortions are now prohibited in North Carolina after 12-weeks after a new ban goes into effect. https://t.co/ZsyYZP1v75

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