A federal appeals court just ruled a North Carolina abortion law unconstitutional

A North Carolina law requiring abortion providers to first give a woman an ultrasound and describe the images in detail is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. This circuit court ruling upholds a lower-court decision from January, The Huffington Post reports. The Woman's Right to Know Act was passed by a Republican-controlled legislature in 2011 over the veto of a Democratic governor. The doctor would also ask the patient if she wants to listen to the fetal heartbeat. Those wh...