North Carolina judge upholds state’s ban on abortions after 20 weeks
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U.S. District Judge William Osteen has reinstated a 20-week abortion ban except in the case of medical emergencies, fueling an already contentious midterm election year.
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"Neither this court, nor the public, nor counsel, nor providers have the right to ignore the rule of law as determined by the Supreme Court," wrote Osteen.
Republican General Assembly leaders had urged Osteen to restore the ban in a July 27 friend-of-the-court brief after North Carolina’s Democratic attorney general, Josh Stein, rejected their demand that he bring the ban before a judge himself.
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