Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Here's a rundown of the current laws on obtaining an abortion in N.C., including the most recent Senate Bill 20, which, among other things, reduced the number of weeks of pregnancy allowed for an ...
[3] [4] North Carolina is destination for many out-of-state women seeking abortions, as most US Southern states have implemented laws banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy or near-total prohibitions on abortion. [5] Abortion related legislation existed in North Carolina by 1900, which included a therapeutic exception. National research ...
The North Carolina Woman's Right to Know Act (House Bill 854 / S.L. 2011-405) is a passed North Carolina statute which is referred to as an "informed consent" law. [1] The bill requires practitioners read a state-mandated informational materials, often referred to as counseling scripts, [2] to patients at least 72 hours before the abortion procedure (the law originally required a 24-hour ...
Republican Sen. Amy S. Galey listens to debate on the conference report on Senate Bill 20, which restricts abortion in North Carolina, on Thursday, May 4, 2023 at the North Carolina General ...
The case challenging provisions of the state’s new abortion law began in June 2023, when Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit in federal court, and sought a temporary restraining order to prevent ...
About a year after the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade in June 2022, North Carolina’s Republican-led legislature tightened abortion regulations from a 20-week ban to a 12-week ...
The Supreme Court's ruling that left the states to decide abortion rights has far from settled the issue, with legislatures passing a range of restrictions that face ongoing legal changes. And it has pushed a new crop of North Carolina voters — 10% of them in 2022 — to name abortion as their highest priority, according to AP VoteCast data.
North Carolina’s ban makes exceptions for rape, incest and “life-limiting” fetal anomalies. Proponents of the legislation argue that it offers a compromise on abortion. "The things in this ...