Judge Largely Upholds North Carolina's New 12-Week Abortion Limit, Blocking One Rule

U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles allowed most of North Carolina's revised 12-week abortion law to take effect.
Eagles temporarily blocked one rule requiring doctors document existence of pregnancy before medication abortions.
The new law reduces the abortion limit from 20 to 12 weeks, with some exceptions.
Planned Parenthood and an abortion provider challenged the law, but the judge ruled in favor of most provisions.
A provision requiring assault survivors get hospital abortions after 12 weeks won't take effect until October.