Judge blocks North Dakota's restrictive abortion law
July 22nd, 2013
02:19 PM ET
1 year ago

Judge blocks North Dakota's restrictive abortion law









Abortion rights groups hailed the judge's order.














Filed under: Abortion • North Dakota
soundoff (147 Responses)
  1. Dar

    I'll bet the citizens of ND are happy to know that the state has so much money that it can pass laws like this knowing they will be challenged in court and most likely found unconstututional. Apparently the economy there is doing so well that everyone has a job so this is the only problem the ND politicians have to address.

    As a matter of fact, YES ND is doing quite well standing on it's own without the help of the left wing fools who spend until there is nothing left.

  2. Ote

    The unborn are human and have rights too–the right to live being in the forefront. Isn't it odd that the Left fights so hard to discriminate against, and murder, defenceless human life? It only goes to show that the Lefties don't think in terms of right and wrong, but instead in terms of convenient and inconvenient. It's a shame that they hear the last heartbeat or understand the agony suffered in silence during the execution. And don't doctors take an oath not to cause harm?

  3. Ryan

    Once again, a judge looks to "prior rulings" than the injustice sitting right in front of him. This isn't about prior rulings, this is about recognizing life and the right to live.

  4. Ote

    Pardon...It's a shame that they CAN'T hear..."

    July 22, 2013 03:59 pm at 3:59 pm |
  5. steven

    BLAKE.... and what do you think that you are doing when you try to ban abortion.. you are imposing your will upon a female wishing to have and abortion...a legal procedure according to the supreme court in roe v wade....

  6. J Bischoff

    It angers me when they are simply imposing their religious zeal to what is essential the woman's body – no one by the person who has to carry this child and/or her partner should be the ones who decide whether or not they want to. That is HER body who needs to carry this child.
    "...it does not allow for an abortion in the case of rape or incest." So if she's raped, then the woman is basically forced to bear a child from such a disturbing act just to satisfy some law? Isn't that just forcing her against her will again?

  7. Jack Be Humble

    The judicial branch of our government has a number of functions... the most important I think is preventing overreach by legislatures that pass laws in the moment (buoyed by partisan politics) to restrict the rights and safety of the minority. In this case, the court's intervention is appropriate.

    If higher courts overturn this, so be it. But this is our system of judicial review at work.

  8. cebundy

    Great news! The governor is crazy, the Supreme Court already established the boundaries of abortion. What a waste of time and resources just to try to deny women their rights.

    July 22, 2013 04:00 pm at 4:00 pm |
  9. Pander Bear

    Wow, the comments from the right wingers here shows just how unhinged they are.

  10. JD

    i'm not religious whatsoever...but we kill babies in the country. its sick, really.

  11. Matthew Kilburn


    Typical liberal mentality – if you won't let someone eliminate their responsibility, than you should be morally obligated to assume that responsibility for them. Sorry, no. Pregnancy, in the extreme majority of cases, is the direct and logical result of voluntary actions undertaken by the woman. Actions that result in the creation of a unique and growing human life. Why is it anyone else's job to help her avoid the consequences or associated responsibilities of her own choices?

    And, just curious....but what percentage of pregnancies circa 1900 or 1920 or 1940 or even 1950 were "planned"? And yet society got along just fine, and no, we did not have 20% of all pregnant women dying via back alley abortions.

  12. rschier

    Last time I checked, we already have "tens of millions of future citizens" to go around, they are in very
    abundant supply.

    July 22, 2013 04:01 pm at 4:01 pm |
  13. talkingheads

    @preventtheproblem – Yes! If they can have a say in women's reproductive rights, why can't women have a say in theirs?

  14. Zeke2112

    @Ed1: I suppose you'll be same one whining about feeding all the kids born because you are the righteous judge of responsibility.

    Federal law already prevents your tax dollars from paying for abortions. Thanks for playing.

  15. Quixote

    Trying to talk sense to right wing imbeciles is like trying to teach a fish to ride a bicycle.

    If my wife and i have an unintended pregnancy, we get to decide what to do about it. Not you. Not any church. And not any government. Same goes for any of my daughters.

  16. steven

    pro life.....you sound like god you are such a wonderful caring person...hah!

    July 22, 2013 04:02 pm at 4:02 pm |
  17. ThinkAgain

    @pro-life passion: "there is nothing in this world more honorable than standing up for those who cannot stand up for themselves, giving a voice to those who cannot speak."

    A fetus is not a person. And what is your feeling about cutting funding to families and children in need, yet maintaining subsidies for the oil industry?

  18. Quixote

    Ote...your religious beliefs may say that, but mine don't. And since the Constitution specifically says citizens are persons BORN there a no constitutionally protected rights for blastocysts or embryos.

    July 22, 2013 04:03 pm at 4:03 pm |
  19. Ryan

    Having compassion on unborn babies = stone age thinking? HA!

    July 22, 2013 04:04 pm at 4:04 pm |
  20. ThinkAgain

    @red: Too many ways to prevent it from happening? Like rape and incest? Or when your health unexpectedly fails due to pregnancy?

    If you really want to reduce abortion rates, then provide free contraception to everyone, men and women.

  21. Jack

    How about easier access to the Morning After pill? How about easier access to contraceptives? No one on the left is forcing anyone to have an abortion but those on the right want to impose their beliefs on everyone else.

  22. Matthew Kilburn

    abundant supply."

    Oh really? Because last time I checked, our birth rates have been cut in half in the last half century, and continue to fall. Our population continues to age, and the baby boomers enter retirement, and eventually death, saddling an ever dwindling supply of young people with higher and higher costs. Anyone who says America has plenty of children to go around is ignorant of the demographic cliff we're facing – from my experience, that ignorance is often willful.

    July 22, 2013 04:05 pm at 4:05 pm |
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