North Dakota
Status of Abortion:
Legal
for mothers
Legal
for abortionists
North Dakota currently protects the murder of preborn children up to 20 weeks, at which point it becomes illegal except to protect the life of the mother. North Dakota has a trigger law which banned abortion for abortionists from conception with exceptions for rape, incest and life of the mother once Roe was overturned. That law (N.D. Code § 12.1-31-12) is currently held up in State court.
Legislative calendar
Regular Sessions begin in January of odd-numbered years and are limited to 80 legislative days
Legislative Deadlines:
Deadlines will be posted as they become available.
Legislative Branch
North Dakota State Legislature
Speaker of the House:
President of the Senate:
President Pro Tem of the Senate:
Judicial Branch
Congressional Delegation
Abolition History:
No bill has been introduced to abolish abortion in North Dakota.