Democrat Governor Roy Cooper of North Carolina signed an executive order Wednesday that he claims is designed to protect abortion “rights” in the state following the Supreme Court’s overturn of Roe v. Wade last month…
About 46 abortion facilities have closed since the Supreme Court issued the Dobbs ruling, which allowed state trigger laws to take effect. Among the facilities closed is Jackson Women’s Health, which was at the center of the ruling, and which wash was Mississippi’s last abortion facility. At least eleven states have enacted trigger laws banning abortion after the release of Dobbs. Other states are expected to follow suit.
Elsewhere in the south, abortion is banned outright or limited. In Alabama, abortion is banned outright without exception. In Florida, a 15-week abortion ban was put into effect after Governor Ron DeSantis appealed a block imposed on the law. Read more…
