N.C. one of first states to allow abortion
Procedure legalized in 1967; if Roe was overturned, push for changing law probable
By David Ingram
WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL
RALEIGH
North Carolina didn't wait for Roe vs. Wade to begin allowing legal abortions.
Back in 1967, the state became one of the first in the nation to change its laws and allow women to end their pregnancies in certain cases. The circumstances were narrow at first, requiring women to show that the pregnancy threatened their life or health, that the child would be born with a defect, or that the pregnancy resulted from rape or incest.
By David Ingram
WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL
RALEIGH
North Carolina didn't wait for Roe vs. Wade to begin allowing legal abortions.
Back in 1967, the state became one of the first in the nation to change its laws and allow women to end their pregnancies in certain cases. The circumstances were narrow at first, requiring women to show that the pregnancy threatened their life or health, that the child would be born with a defect, or that the pregnancy resulted from rape or incest.
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