State Judge Strikes Down North Dakota Abortion Ban

The Guardian reports:

A state judge struck down North Dakota’s ban on abortion on Thursday, saying that the state constitution created a fundamental right to access abortion before a fetus is viable.

In his ruling, state district judge Bruce Romanick also said that the law violated the state constitution because it was too vague.

Romanick was ruling on a request from the state to dismiss a lawsuit filed against the ban in 2022 by what at the time was the sole abortion clinic in North Dakota. The clinic has since moved across the border to Minnesota, and the state argued that a trial would not make a difference.

Read the full article. Photo: Gov. Doug Burgum.

A North Dakota court has struck down the state’s total abortion ban, holding that it violates the state constitution’s guarantees of due process and individual liberty. https://t.co/qfkP52LwRo pic.twitter.com/OaRVB2HqGi

— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) September 12, 2024

BREAKING: A state judge struck down North Dakota’s abortion ban, ruling it violates the state’s constitution.

This is a victory for abortion rights.

— ACLU (@ACLU) September 12, 2024