Victory for Pro-Life Advocates: North Carolina’s Republican Majority Tightens Abortion Rules
The North Carolina Republican-controlled General Assembly finalized changes to looming abortion restrictions on Tuesday in the hopes that the current litigation, which attempts to keep significant parts of the legislation from taking effect this weekend, would be derailed. The House voted in favor (115-4) of the Senate’s amendments to the law that bans most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy starting this Saturday. These amendments were described as clarifying and technical. The 12-week ban would …