North Carolina Republicans are close to pushing through a bill that would ban most abortions after 12 weeks. Yahoo News spoke with an abortion rights advocate to unpack what’s in the bill and what’s at stake for abortion access if it goes into effect.
What’s included in North Carolina’s 12-week abortion ban?“It would require patients to delay their abortion care by mandating in-person consultations 72 hours in advance of the abortion procedure. Consultations are currently able to be done by phone in North Carolina.
“We’ve heard about patients being told to wait until they’re bleeding more heavily than they currently are, or wait until they are in much more of an emergency health situation than they currently are in order to get care. Hospitals are not interested in testing the legal boundaries to see what is permissible under a hostile state abortion ban, and it’s pregnant women that will pay the price.”Referring to the WeCount study, why do you think North Carolina saw an uptick in abortions after Roe v.
“If you look at the states surrounding and a little beyond North Carolina’s neighbors, they have all banned abortion with very limited exceptions: Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, West Virginia — there are patients there who now don’t have access to an abortion clinic in their state and are forced to travel. I think North Carolina is one place that has been able to receive those patients and treat them and meet their needs.
If the 12-week abortion ban does take effect in North Carolina, what are some of the geographic implications for abortion access?
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