North Carolina Abortion Law Ruled Unconstitutional
Judges say a required ultrasound was meant to change the patient's mind.
Student protesters demonstrate against the appointment of Judge John Roberts to the U.S. Supreme Court, Monday, September 12, 2005, outside the Senate Russell Office Building in Washington D.C.
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A North Carolina law requiring doctors to give ultrasound presentations to women before abortion procedures was struck down by an appeals panel for violating abortion providers’ free-speech rights.
The law is among more than 200 abortion restrictions passed nationwide since a Republican-led push in state legislatures began in 2011. The U.S. Supreme Court last week declined an opportunity to approve tighter restrictions on abortion in Arizona, leaving intact a ruling that blocked a 2012 law restricting the use of drugs to end a pregnancy.