A federal judge has issued an opinion declaring North Carolina's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy is unconstitutional
District Judge William Osteen stayed the order striking North Carolina's abortion ban for 60 days, however, saying along with his ruling Monday that he was giving the state time to appeal or put new laws in place before the ban is ended. The ban in question, according to Osteen's opinion, comes from a 1973 North Carolina law that the state Legislature amended in recent years.
Wade Fast FactsReferencing Supreme Court precedent, including the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling in 1973, Osteen declared that North Carolina's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy violates the Constitution.Read MoreThe judge added in his opinion that his ruling"accords universally with those of other federal courts that have considered the constitutionality of twenty-week bans and similar week- or event-specific abortion bans.
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