Though it carries many exceptions, North Dakota recently passed a law that is so restrictive on abortion it in some regards essentially bans it:

Gov. Jack Dalrymple…signed into law…

— The earliest state abortion ban, one based on an unborn child’s heartbeat, which could be as soon as six weeks into gestation;

— The first state law to prohibit abortion on the basis of a genetic irregularity in the unborn baby.

That second note is specifically aimed at Read more