Duke Professor: More Lawsuits Over State Abortion Laws Are Coming

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : Abortion is legal in North Carolina.
43% : But, with the end of the constitutionally protected right to abortion, GOP leaders seek to give the old North Carolina law new life.
41% :Communities of color are disproportionally affected by barriers to abortion, she said.
38% : In 2015, the legislature tightened the 1973 state law banning abortion after 20 weeks to limit exceptions to medical emergencies where immediate abortions are necessary to prevent death or "for which delay would create serious risks of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function."
33% : "When we limit access to abortion, we force women to carry pregnancies to term and face those risks," Gray said.

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