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March 25, 2013

North Dakota Puts End of Abortion on the Ballot 
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North Dakota has passed a measure that will let voters decide whether to
end abortion in the state. The measure puts to a ballot vote a possible
constitutional amendment saying life begins at conception. State
legislators also passed another bill imperiling abortion access by
requiring doctors at the state's only remaining abortion clinic to
obtain hospital admitting privileges. North Dakota lawmakers have
already passed what would be the strictest abortion ban in the country,
ending abortion when an embryonic heartbeat is detected, which can
happen at six weeks of pregnancy or even earlier.

 

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