Federal Judge Finds Parts Of North Carolina’s Abortion Law Are Preempted

(May 2, 2024, 10:03 AM EDT) -- GREENSBORO, N.C. — A North Carolina federal judge ruled that portions of a state law governing pregnancy termination that “frustrate the congressional goal of establishing a comprehensive regulatory framework under which the FDA determines conditions for safe drug distribution” are preempted but let stand parts of the law that focus on the practice of medicine and a patient’s informed consent....