A federal judge is weighing a preliminary injunction on some of North Carolina's new abortion restrictions, including hospital requirements for abortions later in pregnancy and requiring ultrasounds before prescribing abortion pills.
Judge Catherine Eagles, an Obama appointee, said Monday that she would make a decision on a preliminary injunction on those two measures within the week. Eagles was responding to a petition from Planned Parenthood South Atlantic and Duke University OB/GYN Beverly Gray, who asked her to re-hear a case against these aspects of the abortion legislation that she did not rule on in June when she upheld the statute passed by a veto-proof majority in the legislature.
The larger issue for Planned Parenthood, however, is the required ultrasound testing prior to abortion pill prescription. The law also requires that patients must have an ultrasound to confirm the location of a pregnancy prior to a physician prescribing abortion pills, which is only permissible under the law before six weeks gestation.
“The legislature said medication abortion is legal through 12 weeks. It won’t be, it can’t be, if it can’t be visible on an ultrasound,” said Rivera. The American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends that a pregnant woman receive an ultrasound for any elective procedure, including an elective abortion, to determine not only the gestational age of the child but also to ensure that the pregnancy is within the uterus.
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