North Dakota abortion ban struck down by judge

A judge in North Dakota struck down the state’s abortion law, ruling it unconstitutional due to “vagueness” and the “fundamental right to choose abortion before viability” in the state constitution.

The Thursday ruling is the latest turn in North Dakota’s abortion law since the Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization returned abortion law to the states. The trigger law that would have banned abortion in the state was blocked by a court in 2022, pending a lawsuit, and the injunction was upheld in 2023.