North Dakota's Six-Week Abortion Ban Challenged in Federal Court

The New York Times: Lawsuit Challenges North Dakota’s Abortion Limits, by Erik Eckholm:

A women’s rights group filed a lawsuit in federal court on Tuesday to block the country’s most stringent abortion law, a North Dakota ban on abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy. . . .

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The lawsuit also challenges the state's ban on abortions for reasons of sex selection or genetic fetal anomaly.  See the Center for Reproductive Rights press release.