{"id":285394,"date":"2023-02-17T10:38:02","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T16:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=285394"},"modified":"2023-02-15T23:24:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T05:24:22","slug":"north-carolina-ag-refuses-defend-abortion-pill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/north-carolina-ag-refuses-defend-abortion-pill\/","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina AG refuses to defend state restrictions on abortion pill"},"content":{"rendered":"
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North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein is refusing to defend his state\u2019s abortion pill restrictions, arguing that an abortionist\u2019s legal challenge to them correctly asserts that they violate the constitution.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAttorney General Stein today informed the legislature that he has concluded that the physician plaintiff\u2019s preemption argument in Bryant v. Stein is legally correct and that his filings in the matter will reflect that conclusion,\u201d Stein\u2019s press secretary Nazneen Ahmed said, according to <\/span>WNCN<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Stein had, according to his office, been reviewing Bryant\u2019s legal complaint since Jan. 25. Ahmed reportedly said that Stein told legislative leadership his justice department would cooperate if they wished to intervene.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Stein was listed as a defendant in abortionist Dr. Amy Bryant\u2019s lawsuit, which argued that the state was illegally flouting the Food and Drug Administration\u2019s (FDA) guidance on the mifepristone. North Carolina currently requires in-person dispensing and a 72-hour waiting period before using the pill.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The state of NC\u2019s restriction of women\u2019s use of the prescriptions they need to exercise their reproductive freedoms violates federal law and the Constitution. 2\/2<\/p>\n

— Josh Stein (@JoshStein_) February 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n