(The Center Square) — North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein will not defend the state's 20-week abortion ban, which is currently blocked by an injunction in the case of Bryant v. Woodall.
The Democrat attorney general released a two-paragraph statement on Thursday announcing he will not seek to lift the injunction in light of the U.S. Supreme Court decision last month overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, as legislative leaders have requested.
"With the legal underpinnings of the Bryant court's injunction now erased, we respectfully call on you and the Department of Justice to take all necessary legal action to lift the injunction currently barring the full enforcement of the state's abortion restrictions," they wrote. North Carolina Republicans hope to secure a supermajority in November, which would allow them to override gubernatorial vetoes.
"The reasons why a state might choose to proceed this way are understandable enough," Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the majority opinion."Sometimes leaders in different branches of government may see the state's interests at stake in litigation differently. Some states may judge that important public perspectives would be lost without a mechanism allowing multiple officials to respond.
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