BISMARCK — The North Dakota House of Representatives advanced a bill on Monday, Feb. 24, that would expand requirements for doctors who perform abortions.
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Hosted on MSNMajor Pro-Life Orgs Accused of Thwarting Bill That Would Have Recognized Abortion as MurderAfter a key anti-abortion bill was voted down in the North Dakota legislature last week, supporters of the bill noted that multiple pro-life groups recently opposed the strategy underlying their approach,
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With abortion policy left to the states, far-right GOP lawmakers in nearly a dozen ultraconservative states — already with some of the nation's strictest abortion bans — are trying to tighten the reigns even more for pregnant people by opening them up to murder charges.
Kristan Hawkins, head of the influential anti-abortion group Students for Life of America, told her 85,000 followers on X that a particularly militant faction of anti-abortion activists worried her more than pro-choice protesters.
A lawsuit filed by 17 states including North Dakota challenging federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations for abortions will proceed.
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Abortion rights advocates feared the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that opened the door to state abortion bans would also lead to tracking women and charging women who get abortions with murder. No states have allowed either, but the ideas, once off the table, have gotten attention in legislatures this month.
North Dakota and Tennessee have passed similar laws in recent years with support from the anti-abortion group that makes the “Baby Olivia” video.
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