#north dakota

[reasonsforhope]

"Abortion will again be legal in North Dakota after a state court ruled yesterday [September 12, 2024] that the state’s near-total abortion ban is unconstitutional. The case challenging the ban was brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners on behalf of a North Dakota abortion provider and its physicians.

Abortion has been illegal in North Dakota since April 2023, when the ban took effect.   

“This is a win for reproductive freedom, and means it is now much safer to be pregnant in North Dakota,” says Meetra Mehdizadeh, staff attorney at the Center. “Hospitals and doctors no longer have their hands tied and can provide abortions to patients with complications.” 

According to the ruling, North Dakota’s abortion ban violates the state constitution due to its narrow and vague exceptions and because the ban violates the right to reproductive autonomy.  

The opinion by Judge Bruce Romanickstated, “The North Dakota Constitution guarantees each individual, including women, the fundamental right to make medical judgments affecting his or her bodily integrity, health, and autonomy, in consultation with a chosen health care provider free from government interference. This section necessarily and more specifically protects a woman’s right to procreative autonomy—including to seek and obtain a pre-viability abortion.”

[Note: In a delicious irony, this is probably one of the state constitutional amendments that passed as a "right to healthcare choice" in an effort to gut Obamacare. Whoops! Backfired! Source)

Tammi Kromenaker, Director of Red River Women’s Clinic, a plaintiff in the case, said, “Today’s decision gives me hope. I feel like the court heard us when we raised our voices against a law that not only ran counter to our state constitution but was too vague for physicians to interpret and which prevented them from providing the high-quality care that our communities are entitled to.” 

“Abortion is lifesaving health care; it should not be a crime. I look forward to a new future in North Dakota and hope our lawmakers will finally give up on their crusade to force pregnancy on people against their will,” added Kromenaker. 

The abortion ban will be enjoined in the coming days and the ruling is likely to be appealed...

The Center is currently litigating several more cases seeking to clarify the “medical emergency” exceptions under state abortion bans and to broaden the circumstances in which physicians can provide abortions. The cases were brought on behalf of physicians and dozens of women denied abortion care despite facing dangerous and severe pregnancy complications. Read about those medical exceptions cases here."

-via Center for Reproductive Rights, September 13, 2024

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fargo, nd

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Crossing North Dakota in the dark

Taken August 2024

[unteriors]

Highland Street, Rolette, North Dakota.

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[tsavivas]

Who care about been nauthy together with me kindly send a Dm 🏳️‍⚧️❤️💋👅

[lizardsaredinosaurs]

Despite what my lesser cousin would say, I am indeed the greater chicken.

Greater Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido)

Prairie regions of the USA, possibly extirpated in Canada

Status: Protected in some states, Attwater subspecies federally Endangered

The Heath Hen subspecies once existed in New England, and went extinct in 1932 despite efforts to preserve it.

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[supplyside]

B-52 Stratofortresses at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota

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[devouredmelancholy]

Trent Davis Bailey (1, 6) Lewis Ableidinger (2) Jack Germsheid (3, 4) Kyle J Thompson (5)

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Source

Rotten

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American bison Bos bison

Observed by mmmiller, CC BY

[catsofyore]

"Unidentified woman with cat, portrait, Wildrose, N.D." Source.

[unteriors]

Grant Street, Carson, North Dakota.

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