{"id":311829,"date":"2024-05-07T18:43:42","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T23:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=311829"},"modified":"2024-05-07T12:29:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T17:29:40","slug":"judge-north-carolina-abortion-pill-regulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/judge-north-carolina-abortion-pill-regulations\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge partially blocks North Carolina abortion pill regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A judge last week overturned a portion of a North Carolina law regulating abortion pill distribution in the state.<\/p>\n

U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles gave a partial victory to Dr. Amy Brant, the abortionist who had sued<\/a> the state, and who argued that its regulations go above and beyond the guidance of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In her ruling, Eagles overturned the portion of the law mandating that mifepristone be prescribed only by doctors and only in person, as well as a requirement that patients have an in-person follow-up appointment.<\/p>\n

Eagles allowed<\/a> other portions of the law to stand, including an in-person consultation 72 hours before an abortion, an in-person examination, and an ultrasound before prescribing the drug to remain, because she said the FDA had not explicitly rejected those guidelines.<\/p>\n

\u201cNorth Carolina cannot second-guess the FDA\u2019s explicit judgment on how to manage risks from and safely prescribe, dispense, and administer REMS drugs, including mifepristone,\u201d Eagles wrote. \u201cThe state here is imposing restrictions on who can prescribe a REMS drug and how that drug can be prescribed, dispensed, and administered. Those exact restrictions have been explicitly rejected by the FDA as unnecessary for safe administration and as unnecessary burdens on the health care system and patient access,” Eagles wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n