North Carolina's 20-week abortion ban ruled unconstitutional

 

March 27, 2019



RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge has declared unconstitutional a North Carolina law banning women from having abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy except in an urgent medical emergency.

The decision Monday by U.S. District Judge William Osteen in Greensboro gave state legislators 60 days before his ruling takes effect to allow them to amend abortion restrictions or appeal his ruling to a higher court.

The U.S. Supreme Court has protected abortion as a constitutional right until a fetus has developed enough to live outside the mother's womb. The judge noted that North Carolina's...



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