Total Abortion Ban Possible in North Dakota
Because pissing off the socially tolerant is what GOP lawmakers do
FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota lawmakers who approved what would be some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the U.S. are now considering outlawing all abortions.
The "personhood" measures would ban abortions by defining human life as beginning with conception. It's drawing opposition from some doctors who say it could cause problems for infertile couples seeking to use in vitro fertilization to conceive, but supporters insist that's addressed in the legislation.
The state Senate passed two personhood measures last month, and the House could vote as soon as today. One of the bills would make the proposal a state law and another is a resolution that would put the definition into the state constitution, if passed by voters.
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