Abortion Providers, North Dakota Tee Up Case Over Near-Total Ban

The fate of a near-total ban on abortion in North Dakota is now in the hands of the state’s top court, which will hear oral arguments Nov. 29 on whether to lift a lower court’s order blocking the ban’s enforcement.

Access Independent Health Services, Inc., which operates the Red River Women’s Clinic, and Attorney General Drew Wrigley (R) set up their arguments in briefs urging the North Dakota Supreme Court to, respectively, leave the injunction in place for now or allow the state to enforce the ban pending litigation over its validity.

At issue is a “trigger” law passed by ...