Top Republican lawmakers and Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein take opposing positions in the latest court filings linked to a federal abortion lawsuit. US District Judge Catherine Eagles could decide in the months ahead whether to kill two pieces of the state’s 2023 abortion law. The law limited most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy.
A federal judge has issued an injunction against two pieces of North Carolina’s new abortion law. One would require doctors to document a pregnancy’s location in a woman’s body before administering abortion drugs. The other would require hospitalization for all abortions performed after 12 weeks of pregnancy.