PLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTH ATLANTIC et al v. STEIN et al

  1. June 28, 2023

    Judge Says Full Freeze Of NC Abortion Law Is 'Off The Table'

    A North Carolina federal judge said Wednesday she was unlikely to prevent the state's ban on most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy from going into effect later this week, but indicated she might freeze some aspects of the law in her final ruling.

  2. June 27, 2023

    NC Health Sec. Calls Out Abortion Law As GOP Makes Changes

    North Carolina's top health care official told a federal court Tuesday the state's new abortion law is riddled with conflicting requirements that make it impossible for doctors to know what is allowed, the same day Republican leaders acknowledged issues with the law that they promised to fix.

  3. June 26, 2023

    Judge Lets NC Republican Leaders Jump Into Abortion Suit

    North Carolina's Republican legislative leaders can step into a lawsuit challenging the state's recently passed 12-week abortion ban and fight an attempt at halting the law after a federal judge allowed them to intervene in the case Saturday.

  4. June 23, 2023

    NC Republican Leaders Want To Jump Into Abortion Ban Suit

    The Republican leaders of North Carolina's Legislature want to put up a "vigorous defense" of the state's new law banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy in a lawsuit seeking to stop it from taking effect after Attorney General Josh Stein said he wouldn't defend the law.

  5. June 22, 2023

    NC AG Agrees With Those Suing Him: Abortion Ban Unlawful

    Abortion providers seeking to enjoin a North Carolina law restricting abortion access before it takes effect on July 1 received a boost Thursday when the state's Democratic attorney general — and lead defendant in their case — refused to defend many of the provisions in the new law because they are "unconstitutional."

  6. June 16, 2023

    Providers Sue To Undo 'Nonsensical' NC Abortion Limits

    Planned Parenthood and a North Carolina doctor are suing over the state's new abortion restrictions that they allege were passed without input from the medical community, saying the resulting law is a nonsensical impediment to a woman's constitutional freedoms.