Tue Apr 25, 2023 – 3:26 pm EDTTue Apr 25, 2023 – 3:30 pm EDT
BISMARCK, North Dakota (LifeSiteNews) — North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum has signed into law a ban on most abortions throughout pregnancy, with exceptions only allowed prior to the detection of a heartbeat in cases of rape, incest, or medical emergency.
The new law, which would effectively ban any abortion after six weeks, is expected to be legally challenged.
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In March, the North Dakota Supreme Court upheld a block on the state’s trigger abortion ban, which would have made abortion a felony with exceptions only for rape, incest, or to save the mother’s life, after the state’s only abortion provider sued.
As a result, abortion remained legal in the state until 21 weeks. However, the challenging state abortion provider, The Red River Women’s Clinic, had already begun the process of relocating to Moorhead, Minnesota, close to the North Dakota border, to continue abortions in case the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Supreme Court decision overturned Roe v. Wade. The facility now operates only in Minnesota, leaving North Dakota without
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