US EditionAbortion is illegal again in North Dakota after court reverses a judge’s earlier decision
The court's 3-2 split ruling left the 2023 abortion ban intact, with felony penalties for providers and limited exceptions for rape, incest, or maternal health risks.
- Abortion is illegal again in North Dakota after the state's Supreme Court overturned a lower court's ruling that had struck down the state's abortion ban last year.
- Three Supreme Court justices agreed that the ban is unconstitutionally vague under the state constitution, while two others said the law is not unconstitutional.
- The only abortion provider in North Dakota relocated to neighboring Minnesota in 2022, and the state's ban now prohibits abortion as a felony crime with limited exceptions.
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Abortion is illegal again in North Dakota after court reverses a judge's earlier decision
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Abortion is again illegal in North Dakota after the state's Supreme Court on Friday couldn't muster the required majority to uphold a judge's ruling that struck down the state's ban last year.
North Dakota Supreme Court upholds abortion ban
BISMARCK — Abortion is again outlawed in North Dakota, despite a majority of state Supreme Court justices ruling against the law. In a 3-2 ruling issued Friday, Nov. 21, the North Dakota Supreme Court ruled that the 2023 law was "unconstitutionally vague." North Dakota law requires four of five justices to overturn a law passed by the state Legislature. With the law remaining in place, North Dakota can prosecute those who perform abortions. "The…
Abortion banned again in North Dakota after court reverses a judge's earlier decision
Abortion is again illegal in North Dakota after the state's Supreme Court on Friday couldn't muster the required majority to uphold a judge's ruling that struck down the state's ban last year.
N.D. Supreme Court rules abortions are illegal
BISMARCK — Abortion has been deemed illegal in North Dakota. The North Dakota Supreme Court issued a split ruling Friday, which means a ruling last year at the district court level couldn’t be upheld. Four of the five justices would’ve needed to agree for the law to be upheld — only three did: Justices Daniel Crothers and Lisa Fair McEvers and District Court Judge Daniel Narum, who replaced Justice Douglas Bahr, who was disqualified in making th…
Abortion is illegal again in North Dakota after court reverses a judge's earlier decision
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Abortion is again illegal in North Dakota after the state's Supreme Court on Friday couldn't muster the required majority to uphold a judge's ruling that struck down the state's ban last year.
Abortion is illegal again in North Dakota after court reverses a judge's earlier decision
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Abortion is again illegal in North Dakota after the state's Supreme Court on Friday couldn't muster the required majority to uphold a judge's ruling that struck down the state's ban last year.
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