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A federal judge blocked two portions of North Carolina’s new abortion law from taking effect while a lawsuit continues. But the July 1 ban on most abortions after 12 weeks

A federal judge on Saturday blocked two portions of North Carolina's new abortion law from taking effect while a lawsuit continues. U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles issued an order halting enforcement of a provision to require surgical abortions that occur after 12 weeks — those for cases of rape and incest, for example — be performed only in hospitals, not abortion clinics.

U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles issued an order on Saturday halting enforcement of a provision to require surgical abortions that occur after early pregnancy.

A federal judge blocked two portions of North Carolina's new abortion law from taking effect while a lawsuit continues.

A federal judge is weighing a preliminary injunction on some of North Carolina's new abortion restrictions, including hospital requirements for abortions later in pregnancy and requiring ultrasounds before prescribing abortion pills.

U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles has issued an order confirming that Republican legislative leaders can continue defending North Carolina's new abortion law in federal court.

North Carolina legislative leaders warned a federal judge this week that opponents of the state’s new abortion law are trying to “circumvent” the US Supreme Court’s recent Dobbs decision. The judge will hold a Sept. 25 hearing in Greensboro to address the issue.

U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles will allow top Republican legislative leaders to take part in Wednesday's hearing in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina's new abortion law.

The N.C. General Assembly's top leaders seek to intervene in a federal lawsuit challenging the state's new abortion law.

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.