North Dakota Could Outdo Arkansas for Earliest Abortion Ban in the Nation
For now, Arkansas holds the title as the state with the earliest abortion ban. But that could change very soon.
North Dakota is poised to adopt an extreme law which would ban abortion even earlier - at six weeks!
The North Dakota state legislature has mounted numerous anti-choice attacks on women's reproductive freedoms before, but this so called "heartbeat" ban is the worst.
This legislation would ban abortion before most women even know they're pregnant, with no exceptions for rape or incest. It would effectively make abortion illegal in the state of North Dakota.
Lawmakers in North Dakota passed this anti-choice bill along with divisive legislation that criminalizes doctors for the reasons women seek abortion care. Both bills are on their way to Gov. Jack Dalrymple's (R) desk.
But that's not the end of the story.
Anti-choice politicians in the state are also pushing a "personhood" ballot initiative, a 20-week abortion ban, and - in case they hadn't driven the point home already - a TRAP bill aimed at closing the last remaining abortion provider in the state.
We cannot go back to the days before Roe v. Wade, when abortion was illegal. Because when abortion is illegal, women are forced to seek unsafe abortion care that could have devastating effects.
We hope that Gov. Dalrymple will think long and hard about what these bills would mean for the reproductive health and well being of women in North Dakota before he signs this outrageous package of bills into law.
It's time for these anti-choice politicians to stop attacking choice, and start trusting women.
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North Dakota & Arkansas are examples of the deplorable situation in Statehouses. Forty-five of the 50 Governors are MEN and of the 5 women only ONE is a Democrat (NH). Republican MEN overwhelmingly CONTROL state legislatures also. Also nationwide, Republicans are doubling-up on making sure women stay PREGNANT & AT HOME, and thus are pushing anti-abortion measures furiously, because they are ANGRY that they are now destined for defeat on their OTHER "darling issue of the past 4 decades, KEEPING GAYS from marrying! MORE WOMEN NEED TO RUN FOR STATE SENATE & HOUSE SEATS, especially in "RED" states!
There was a study which appeared to find a link between the availability of abortion in various states, and a reduction in juvenile crime rates at just about the time that would coincide with the reduction in unwanted births.
Conceivably, if North Dakota and Arkansas succeed in setting the laws back, in ten to 18 years from now, we might find a statistical rise in juvenile crime to support the impression made by the previous study.
Provided, of course, that there be no reason to suppose that these states merely became moreattractive to juvenile criminals.