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.
On Thursday morning, North Carolina Democrats held a press conference introducing legislation to codify abortion protections into state law. The legislation is based on two U.S. Supreme Court cases that were overturned, Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992).
U.S. District Judge William Osteen has “vacated and dissolved” his injunction against North Carolina’s abortion law. That decision allows a ban on most abortions after 20 weeks to take effect.
With the 30 days over and all briefs filed, the state's abortion laws hang in the balance. Judge William Osteen, a federal judge appointed by President George W. Bush, is weighing the injunction on a 20-week abortion ban.
Democratic Vice-President Kamala Harris paid a visit to Charlotte Thursday to discuss the Biden Administration’s affordable broadband internet access program and abortion rights.
North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein is refusing to take actions to have the state’s 20-week abortion ban reinstated. Stein, a Democrat, released a statement July 21 saying that he would not seek to have the injunction lifted in the Bryant v. Woodall case that had stalled the state’s ban on most abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy.
Ignorance of the U.S. Supreme Court's decisions and doctrines can lead to major misconceptions.
Most N.C. voters fall between the positions of completely legal and completely illegal abortions.
Protestors gathered in some of N.C.’s larger cities over the weekend to voice their opposition to Friday’s 6-3 decision in which the court upheld a law in Mississippi that prohibited the abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, with a 5-4 majority agreeing further to overturn the Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey precedents guaranteeing women...
UPDATE at 4:21 p.m. July 28: According to Associated Press, Berger and Moore have submitted a brief to Judge Osteen asking him to vacate his earlier ruling that blocked N.C.’s 20-week abortion ban. They argued that his ruling is no longer reflective of federal law after the Dobbs decision reversed precedent established by Roe and...
It’s official, the Supreme Court of the United States has officially overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, ending the nationwide constitutional right to an abortion after more than 50 years. The decision is historic in more ways than one, as in the lead up there was an unprecedented leak of an internal draft, threatening the...
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