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Constitutionality Of Section 90-21.85 Of The North Carolina Woman’S Right To Know Act, Jerry Boies
Constitutionality Of Section 90-21.85 Of The North Carolina Woman’S Right To Know Act, Jerry Boies
Jerry Boies
In order to obtain informed consent and provide adequate and accurate information to pregnant women seeking to have abortions, the North Carolina General Assembly passed House Bill 854 titled the ‘Woman’s Right to Know Act,’ (“the Act”). The Act went to effect on Wednesday October 26, 2011, notwithstanding North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue’s veto of the Bill. The Act comprehensively covers many aspects of the abortion process ranging from requiring the physician or qualified professionals to provide certain information to the pregnant woman to recommending that the pregnant woman listen to ultrasound of the unborn before undergoing the abortion procedure. …