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Republican legislative leaders and Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein put forward contrasting arguments Tuesday, as they prepared for a federal court hearing in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s new abortion law. U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles will conduct the hearing Wednesday morning in Greensboro.
North Carolina’s newest abortion ban is at the center of a federal lawsuit just a couple of days before the new law goes into effect.
On Thursday, North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, a Democrat, said he would not defend his state over a new abortion law legislators passed in May.
Wednesday in Greensboro, a judge could decide whether or not to block some parts of the North Carolina abortion law while a federal lawsuit plays out
Senators approved three of 15 offered amendments concerning Senate Bill 20, the new abortion law scheduled to go into effect on Saturday, and only two Democrats in the end voted against the additions to House Bill 190. There will be a hearing about a challenge in federal court on Wednesday.