North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, a Democrat, is refusing to defend the state’s restrictions on the abortion drug mifepristone in court. Stein and the state Department of Justice are instead backing a plaintiff who is challenging the state laws.
North Carolina law requires a 72-hour waiting period before patients can pursue an abortion and requires physicians to explain the risks of an abortion and provide the mother with gestational information about the unborn child. In some circumstances, an ultrasound may also be required.
