A state judge in North Dakota has just struck down the state’s pro-life law banning abortion, claiming that it violates the state’s constitution:
A state judge struck down North Dakota’s ban on abortion, saying that the state constitution creates a fundamental right to access abortion before a fetus is viable. https://t.co/tXbGGJj7AA
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) September 12, 2024
A North Dakota court has struck down the state’s total abortion ban, holding that it violates the state constitution’s guarantees of due process and individual liberty. https://t.co/qfkP52LwRo pic.twitter.com/OaRVB2HqGi
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) September 12, 2024
The judge in this case must be a raging liberal because the grounds on which he strikes down this law are absurd. First, state District Judge Bruce Romanick claimed the law is too ‘vague’. I read the law and it doesn’t sound vague to me at all, even in the exceptions, which is where his problem lies.
But even worse, Romanick claims that the state constitution “creates a fundamental right to access abortion before a fetus is viable”, which is preposterous:
Romanick cited how North Dakota Constitution’s guarantees “inalienable rights,” including “life and liberty.”
“The abortions statutes at issue