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Planned Parenthood asks North Carolina court to let more health workers provide abortions
https://www.yahoo.com/news/planned-parenthood-asks-north-carolina-154956935.html(Reuters) - North Carolina abortion providers on Monday asked a state court to allow health professionals other than physicians to provide medication abortions, as clinics struggle to accommodate an influx of abortion patients from across the U.S. South.
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic and SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective filed a motion seeking temporary relief from a state law that bans "advanced practice clinicians," including nurse practitioners and physician assistants, from providing abortions.
The motion was filed in a 2020 lawsuit challenging several abortion restrictions in North Carolina.
Since the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24 overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that established federal abortion rights, states across the U.S. Southeast have banned or severely restricted abortion, forcing thousands of patients to travel for the procedure.
Planned Parenthood abortion clinics in North Carolina, which permits abortion up to 20 weeks, have seen their proportion of out-of-state patients spike from 15% to more than a third since the June ruling, a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood South Atlantic said.
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic and SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective filed a motion seeking temporary relief from a state law that bans "advanced practice clinicians," including nurse practitioners and physician assistants, from providing abortions.
The motion was filed in a 2020 lawsuit challenging several abortion restrictions in North Carolina.
Since the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24 overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that established federal abortion rights, states across the U.S. Southeast have banned or severely restricted abortion, forcing thousands of patients to travel for the procedure.
Planned Parenthood abortion clinics in North Carolina, which permits abortion up to 20 weeks, have seen their proportion of out-of-state patients spike from 15% to more than a third since the June ruling, a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood South Atlantic said.