Federal judge overturns North Dakota abortion law

[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the District of North Dakota [official website] on Wednesday overturned [opinion, PDF] a North Dakota law [HB 1456, PDF] that prohibits physicians from performing abortions on women as soon as the fetus has a detectable heartbeat. This would disallow abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy, before the fetus is considered viable. US District Judge Daniel Hovland stated in his ruling that "[t]he United States Supreme Court has spoken and...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/04/federal-judge-overturns-north-dakota-abortion-law.php

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