{"id":313563,"date":"2024-06-10T06:45:31","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T11:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=313563"},"modified":"2024-06-10T12:59:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T17:59:57","slug":"judge-north-carolina-abortion-pill-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/judge-north-carolina-abortion-pill-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge permanently overturns part of North Carolina abortion pill restrictions, upholds others"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A ruling by a North Carolina judge overturning part of a state law regulating chemical abortions, while upholding others, has been made permanent.<\/p>\n

At the end of April, Judge Catherine Eagles granted a partial victory<\/a> to Amy Bryant, an abortionist who had sued the state, claiming its regulations on chemical abortions exceed guidelines from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Eagles allowed abortion pills to be prescribed by non-physicians, to be taken at home, and eliminated the requirement of a follow-up appointment. However, Eagles also allowed certain state requirements to stand: mandating in-person consultation 72 hours before an abortion, an in-person examination prior to abortion, and a pre-abortion ultrasound.<\/p>\n

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein publicly refused to defend the law<\/a> after Bryant’s suit, forcing state legislators to intervene instead. Stein also publicly rebuked the law after Eagles’ initial ruling. \u201cThe court held that parts of North Carolina\u2019s anti-abortion law that make it harder for women, especially in rural North Carolina, to get medication abortion are unconstitutional,\u201d he said. \u201cRepublican legislators enacted the law to control, not protect, women.\u201d<\/p>\n

In reality, however, the abortion pill carries four times the risk<\/a> of a surgical abortion.<\/p>\n