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May 16, 2013

North Dakota Abortion Clinic Challenges New Restriction 
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North Dakota's sole abortion clinic has filed a lawsuit against a new
law that could force its closure. The measure says doctors providing
abortions must have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. On
Wednesday, the Red River Women’s Clinic filed a court challenge
calling the law unconstitutional. The clinic says its doctors will
likely be unable to obtain privileges at the three local hospitals. One
is for veterans, another is Catholic, and the third requires doctors to
admit at least five patients a year. In 15 years of operation, the
clinic has sent just one patient to the hospital in an ambulance. A
similar measure threatening Mississippi’s only abortion clinic has
been put on hold pending a final ruling.

 

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