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Planned Parenthood sues to block NC’s abortion laws from taking effect. Read the lawsuit here.

By Jessaca Giglio and Kristen Johnson
Demonstrators hold signs outside the legislature auditorium where a House Rules meeting was underway, May 3, 2023 at the Legislative Building. Republican state lawmakers announced their plan to limit abortion rights across the state.
Demonstrators hold signs outside the legislature auditorium where a House Rules meeting was underway, May 3, 2023 at the Legislative Building. Republican state lawmakers announced their plan to limit abortion rights across the state. Travis Long tlong@newsobserver.com

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Abortion in North Carolina

State lawmakers voted to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of the 12-week abortion bill. It now takes effect July 1. Meanwhile, clinics, anti-abortion groups, and future doctors are trying to prepare for the future of abortion despite their unanswered questions about the new law.

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Planned Parenthood South Atlantic filed a lawsuit in federal court Friday that challenges whether North Carolina’s Senate Bill 20 is constitutional.

The bill, passed by the General Assembly about 48 hours after it was introduced, bans abortion in the state at 12 weeks of pregnancy in nearly all circumstances. It is scheduled to take effect July 1.

Read Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit here:

Planned Parenthood lawsuit by Jessaca on Scribd

This story was originally published June 16, 2023 at 2:46 PM with the headline "Planned Parenthood sues to block NC’s abortion laws from taking effect. Read the lawsuit here.."

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Jessaca Giglio is a McClatchy Flex Editor and Pulitzer Prize Finalist who started at The N&O in 1994. Since then, she’s been planning and enterprise editor, breaking news editor, sports editor, assistant metro editor, retail columnist, small-business editor and assistant design editor. She is a graduate of Campbell University.
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Abortion in North Carolina

State lawmakers voted to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of the 12-week abortion bill. It now takes effect July 1. Meanwhile, clinics, anti-abortion groups, and future doctors are trying to prepare for the future of abortion despite their unanswered questions about the new law.

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