Federal judge allows another part of NC abortion law, strikes down one other

Federal judge allows another part of NC abortion law, strikes down one other

U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles issued a 33-page order Friday

RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) -A federal judge has issued a ruling on two provisions of North Carolina’s abortion law that had been on hold since she issued an injunction against them last year.

U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles issued a 33-page order Friday where she upheld the part of the law requiring hospitalization for abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy.

She struck down a separate requirement for abortion providers to document the existence of an intrauterine pregnancy. That had also been blocked by the injunction.

She wrote that requirement is unconstitutionally vague and violates the plaintiffs’ due process rights. She concluded the opposite about the hospitalization requirement.

Planned Parenthood South Atlantic and Duke Health Dr. Beverly Gray had filed suit against those two provisions and others in North Carolina’s 2023 abortion law.

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