(New York Times, Oct, 24, 2023)
A lower court is now expected to hear arguments on the broader question of whether the right to privacy in the state constitution protects a right to abortion.
“With North Carolina now banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, South Carolina after six weeks, and Florida doing the same, pending a legal challenge, the ruling ensures that abortion will be largely inaccessible in the Deep South, forcing women there to travel farther for care, to more distant states like Virginia or Illinois.”