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NC doctor who successfully challenged state abortion ban sues over pill restrictions
https://www.yahoo.com/news/nc-doctor-successfully-challenged-state-185917256.htmlA North Carolina OB-GYN who successfully challenged the state’s 20-week abortion law is now suing the state over its abortion pills laws.
In a lawsuit filed Wednesday morning, Dr. Amy Bryant, a UNC Health doctor, said the state laws conflict with federal regulations.
Bryant brought a lawsuit in 2016 with several other OB-GYNs that challenged the North Carolina’s 20-week abortion ban. A federal court deemed the ban unconstitutional in 2019, a ruling that was reversed when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
This case centers around mifepristone, which is the first part of a two-pill regimen that ends a pregnancy within the first 10 weeks of gestation.
For the past several years, the Food and Drug Administration has slowly peeled away restrictions on the medication — allowing health care providers other than doctors to prescribe the medication and retail pharmacies to dispense it.
However, North Carolina state laws place heavier restrictions on the pill, allowing doctors to provide the pill only in-person at certified facilities, and after a 72-hour waiting period.
In a lawsuit filed Wednesday morning, Dr. Amy Bryant, a UNC Health doctor, said the state laws conflict with federal regulations.
Bryant brought a lawsuit in 2016 with several other OB-GYNs that challenged the North Carolina’s 20-week abortion ban. A federal court deemed the ban unconstitutional in 2019, a ruling that was reversed when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
This case centers around mifepristone, which is the first part of a two-pill regimen that ends a pregnancy within the first 10 weeks of gestation.
For the past several years, the Food and Drug Administration has slowly peeled away restrictions on the medication — allowing health care providers other than doctors to prescribe the medication and retail pharmacies to dispense it.
However, North Carolina state laws place heavier restrictions on the pill, allowing doctors to provide the pill only in-person at certified facilities, and after a 72-hour waiting period.
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