Abortion providers in North Carolina asked a state trial court Monday to block enforcement of a law mandating that only doctors can prescribe pills to induce abortions.
The law at issue bars advanced practice clinicians, including physician assistants, certified nurse midwives, and advanced practice registered nurses, from providing medication abortions. It’s part of a 2020 lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, Sistersong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, three doctors, and a family nurse practitioner in the North Carolina Superior Court for Wake County.
The complaint asked the court to invalidate multiple state laws on the basis that they ...
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