{"id":302193,"date":"2023-11-28T16:46:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T22:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=302193"},"modified":"2023-11-27T15:25:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T21:25:04","slug":"north-dakota-abortionists-sue-block-pro-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/north-dakota-abortionists-sue-block-pro-life\/","title":{"rendered":"North Dakota abortionists sue to block portion of state pro-life law"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A North Dakota abortion business is suing<\/a> the state and asking a judge to block a portion of the state law that protects nearly all preborn children from abortion.<\/p>\n

Current state law only allows abortions in cases where the mother’s life is in jeopardy or she faces a “serious health risk.” There is also an exception for cases of rape and incest in the first six weeks of pregnancy.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, several physicians and a former abortion business in the state, Red River Women’s Clinic, filed the lawsuit, asking the judge to place a temporary injunction on the portion of the law that would penalize doctors who commit abortions for pregnancy complications that \u201cpose a risk of infection, hemorrhage, high blood pressure, or which otherwise makes continuing a pregnancy unsafe.\u201d The plaintiffs suggest that the “serious health risk” language is “so vague\u201d that they \u201cdon\u2019t know at what point a condition rises to the level of being what the statute calls a \u2018serious health risk.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPhysicians want to be able to provide treatment for their patients before their health declines and before they experience serious and potentially life-threatening complications,\u201d said Center for Reproductive Rights attorney Meetra Mehdizadeh. \u201cBecause of the restrictions placed on abortion access in North Dakota, they don\u2019t know whether they can do that legally.\u201d<\/p>\n