North Dakota In the News

Sole N.D. Abortion Clinic Sues Over Hospital Admitting Privileges Law
Thursday, May 16, 2013
The Center for Reproductive Rights on Wednesday filed a lawsuit on behalf of North Dakota's only abortion clinic to challenge a state law (HB 2305) requiring physicians who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital, the AP/Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

Featured Blog
Friday, May 3, 2013
"The Importance of Roe vs. Wade" (Joseph Blady, Huffington Post blogs, 5/1).

Several States Take Aim at Comprehensive Sex Education
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Lawmakers in several states this year are backing legislation to curtail comprehensive sex education in favor of antiabortion and abstinence-focused programs, The Week reports.

In Planned Parenthood Speech, President Obama Criticizes 'Absurd' Antiabortion Laws
Monday, April 29, 2013
In a speech to Planned Parenthood on Friday, President Obama condemned lawmakers who are restricting access to abortion and contraception and pledged to fight with women's health advocates "every step of the way," the New York Times' "The Caucus" reports.

Both Sides Brace for Prospect That State Abortion Bans Could Reach Supreme Court
Monday, April 22, 2013
Lawmakers and experts on both sides of the abortion-rights debate say potential lawsuits over state measures banning abortion before fetal viability could eventually make it to the Supreme Court, Bloomberg Businessweek reports.

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IN THE COURTS

This section provides a brief overview of significant cases impacting reproductive rights and health in North Dakota.

Red River Women's Clinic, Kathryn Eggleston, M.D., v. Birch Burdick and Terry Dwelle
Challenge to North Dakota law that would effectively ban all medication abortions in the state by requiring compliance with conditions for the provision of "abortion-inducing drugs" that are impossible to meet.

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Repro Health Watch — an exciting new edition of the Women’s Health Policy Report — compiles and distributes media coverage of proposed and enacted state laws and ballot initiatives affecting women's access to comprehensive reproductive health care, as well as litigation in response to those provisions.