A North Dakota judge has struck down the state’s near-total abortion ban, ruling that it violates the state’s constitution and clearing the way for the procedure to become legal in the state.
District Judge Bruce Romanick wrote that women have a “fundamental right” to abortion before foetal viability under the North Dakota state constitution.
The legal challenge to the state’s ban was brought by an abortion rights group, and the state of North Dakota was trying to have the lawsuit thrown out.
Enacted last year, the law created exceptions if the mother’s life is threatened, though rape and incest victims were only eligible for an abortion during the first six-weeks of pregnancy.
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