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
Republican state legislative leaders object to Planned Parenthood’s request for a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit challenging part of North Carolina’s new abortion law. A hearing on the injunction is scheduled Sept. 21 in U.S. District Court in Greensboro.
NC Attorney General Josh Stein officially supported this week Planned Parenthood’s effort to block two pieces of the state’s new abortion law. In documents filed Monday, Stein signed onto the abortion group’s request for a preliminary injunction.
Planned Parenthood and a Duke Health doctor have renewed their request for a preliminary injunction against portions of North Carolina’s new abortion law. Documents filed Monday in U.S. District Court target two pieces of the law that otherwise took effect July 1.
Planned Parenthood and a Duke Health doctor have updated their lawsuit against North Carolina’s new abortion regulations. They filed an amended complaint Monday in advance of a return trip to federal court in September.
Supporters and opponents of North Carolina’s new abortion law will head back to federal court on Sept. 21 in Greensboro. U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles has set that date for a hearing on a possible preliminary injunction blocking portions of the law.
The lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s abortion law would return to a federal courtroom in mid-September, under competing plans disclosed Wednesday. Parties in the case filed a joint motion offering alternative timelines for addressing the case’s ongoing legal dispute. Under either plan, U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles would hold a hearing on Sept. 12 or Sept. 13.
Parties in the ongoing legal battle over North Carolina’s new abortion law have agreed that a temporary restraining order against one section of the law can last longer than two weeks. U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles issued the order Friday. Eagles allowed most of the new law to take effect on July 1. But she placed a two-week TRO on a section dealing with a documentation requirement linked to use of abortion drugs.
Three days after allowing most of North Carolina’s new abortion law to take effect, U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles has confirmed that legislative leaders can continue to defend the law against a challenge from Planned Parenthood. An order issued Monday “memorializes” a ruling Eagles made during a court hearing Wednesday.
U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles has issued a temporary restraining order blocking one section of North Carolina’s new abortion law. Other than the section dealing with abortion drugs and “intrauterine” pregnancy, the rest of the law can move forward.
