A federal court is expected to hear arguments this week on North Carolina's abortion law. The law shrank the time limit for legal abortions from 20 weeks to 12 weeks but the ACLU sued to stop it on behalf of its plaintiffs, Planned Parenthood and an abortionist.
William Pincus, MD, president of North Carolina Right to Life, says the law set to go into effect July 1 would “put a crimp” in the abortion business.
“The media has been making a big deal about this 72-hour waiting period when, in actuality, that has always been the case in North Carolina,” he tells AFN.
At the same time, pro-lifers in Kansas are watching their beloved state become an abortion destination for the Midwest. Abortions jumped 57% in the state from 2021 to 2022, according to Kansas Department of Health figures.
Jeanne Gawdun of Kansans for Life tells AFN the state also saw a 117% increase in abortions performed on out-of-state residents.
“And we knew that,” she says, “because Kansas has become the destination state for abortion.”
Kansans for Life predicted that sad change because the courts have upheld abortion and because the Value Them Both constitutional amendment did not pass last year.
Kansas has also recorded a 49% increase in abortions performed in minors, Gawdun says.
