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A federal judge ruled on Friday that nearly all of North Carolina's revised 12-week abortion law scheduled to begin this weekend can take effect, while temporarily blocking one rule that doctors feared could expose them to criminal penalties.
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.
A total of seven laws enacted during the 2023 General Assembly session took effect on July 1st. The laws range from S.B. 20, the Care for Women, Children, and Families Act, which, among other policies, limits abortion after the first trimester, to more low-profile bills like S.B. 552, which makes small changes to the previously