RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 2 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following statement Sept. 30, 2023: * * * Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement after a district court judge blocked two parts of North Carolina's abortion law from taking effect while the case continues. "I'm encouraged that the court has struck down these restrictions on women's reproductive freedom. The law is not based in medical reality, and it was sloppily written. Women  more