BREAKING: We’re taking North Carolina to court. With our partners @PPFA, @ACLU, @ACLU_NC, we’re challenging medically unnecessary abortion restrictions that have rolled back abortion access and stigmatized essential health care.
These restrictions, known as TRAP laws, (“targeted restrictions on abortion providers") disproportionately impact NC Black communities and those living in rural areas, making it even harder to access care in the state.
TRAP laws force abortion providers to adhere to medically unnecessary requirements that NO other providers of office-based medical care must meet, including:
1. Banning qualified clinicians, such as physician assistants and nurse practitioners, from providing abortion care.
2. Banning telehealth for medication abortion.
3. Requiring mandatory 72-hour waiting periods.
4. Requiring patients to receive state-mandated biased counseling that has no medical benefit.
Bottom line? These policies are a violation of civil and #reprorights, as well as a blatant attack on NC’s health infrastructure. Abortion is essential, time-sensitive health care—and especially during a pandemic, these discriminatory restrictions must be stopped.
“These laws do nothing but make it harder to access abortion care and should be struck down. North Carolina legislators should be expanding access to health care, not restricting it." - Our president and CEO Nancy Northup
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