State legislative leaders defended North Carolina’s restrictions on the abortion pill mifespristone as they filed an opening brief Monday at the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals. Republican lawmakers are challenging a June order from US Chief District Judge Catherine Eagles. It struck down portions of a state law that Eagles viewed as conflicting with rules from the federal Food and Drug Administration.
A federal judge has thrown out part of North Carolina’s state law restricting access to an abortion pill called mifepristone. The judge ruled that state lawmakers cannot overrule the federal Food and Drug Administration’s previous decisions about the pill. Yet US District Judge Catherine Eagles’ 49-page order Tuesday also upheld portions of the law that the FDA has not addressed.
A federal judge has set a Jan. 17 hearing in Greensboro for a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s abortion pill restrictions. The court will consider state legislative leaders’ motion to dismiss the suit.
State legislative leaders’ latest court filing in a legal battle over abortion pill restrictions cites the “major questions doctrine.” That’s a principle in federal legal arguments that Congress does not delegate issues of major political or economic significance to administrative agencies.
Top Republican state legislative leaders have filed a new motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s abortion pill restrictions. Lawmakers filed their motion Monday as they continue to fight a separate suit challenging the state’s latest abortion l
State Attorney General Josh Stein opposes legislators’ attempt to dismiss a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s abortion pill restrictions. That’s despite the fact that Stein is a named defendant in the suit.
N.C. legislative leaders filed a motion Friday to dismiss a federal lawsuit targeting the state’s laws against abortion pills. The judge in the case allowed lawmakers to intervene in the suit two weeks ago.
A federal judge has granted N.C. legislative leaders’ request to intervene in a lawsuit targeting the state’s abortion pill restrictions. An order issued Friday sets a March 24 deadline for lawmakers to respond to the suit.
The plaintiff and lead defendant in the Bryant v. Stein case accept state lawmakers' decision to step into the legal dispute.
