North Dakota

The North Dakota Supreme Court reinstated the state's abortion ban, with Justice Jerod Tufte writing that the state’s 1889 natural‑rights guarantees do not extend to abortion and that the law provides adequate notice. Justice Daniel Crothers dissented, arguing vagueness about life‑and‑health exceptions renders the statute inoperable; Attorney General Drew Wrigley and bill sponsor Sen. Janne Myrdal praised the decision, which follows the Red River Women’s Clinic’s move to Moorhead, Minn., and a period in which only hospital‑based life/health abortions occurred during litigation.