NC Family Staff | April 21, 2015 | SHARE: 
A bill that would expand the waiting period for abortion in North Carolina from 24 hours to 72 hours passed the State House on Thursday, April 23 by a vote of 74-45 and now proceeds to the State Senate.
Please contact your member of the State Senate and urge him or her to support House Bill 465-Clarify and Modify Certain Abortion Laws.
— BILL BACKGROUND —
House Bill 465-Clarify and Modify Certain Abortion Laws, which is sponsored by Reps. Jacqueline Schaffer (R-Mecklenburg), Pat McElraft (R-Carteret), Rena Turner (R-Iredell), and Susan Martin (R-Wilson), would extend the informed consent waiting period for abortion in N.C. from 24 hours to 72 hours and enhance the information abortionists have to report to the Department of Health & Human Service when they conduct abortions after the 18th week of pregnancy.
