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Gov. Roy Cooper is urging the constituents of four state GOP lawmakers to demand they uphold abortion access.

The state House took an initial vote in favor of proposed new abortion restrictions Wednesday, with final votes in the House and Senate expected on Thursday.

Republican state lawmakers say they鈥檙e working on legislation that would add new restrictions on abortion in North Carolina. But two months into this year鈥檚 session, they haven鈥檛 yet filed a single bill.

North Carolina Republican legislative leaders can defend in federal court the state restrictions on dispensing abortion pills that are being challenged by a physician, a judge has ruled.

North Carolina House Republicans met privately Tuesday to discuss where they stand on additional abortion restrictions, according to the chamber's top official.

Democratic governors in 20 states 鈥� including North Carolina 鈥� are launching a network intended to strengthen abortion access.

A general counsel for the state told Republican legislative leaders of Attorney General Josh Stein's decision Monday. The lawsuit filed by a physician says state laws and rules affecting access to the drug mifepristone are preempted by the FDA's authority to regulate the drug.

Current state law bans nearly all abortions after 20 weeks, with narrow exceptions for urgent medical emergencies that do not include rape or incest. House Speaker Tim Moore told reporters he didn鈥檛 expect the Democrats鈥� bill to get considered.

With more restrictive laws on abortion going into effect across the country, uncertainty about the future of reproductive health care is growing. But there is one group of people who are prepared to do what they鈥檝e always done to provide access for those who don鈥檛 have it: abortion doulas.

Before recording this episode, Anita would have turned to Google for her burning questions about abortion. But now, she knows better. She meets two abortion doulas who share the practical and philosophical components of their job. They reflect on what has changed for them since the overturn of Roe v. Wade, and what's stayed the same for their alternative and community-based networks of care.