North Dakota
North Dakota abortion ban struck down by judge – Washington Examiner
A judge in North Dakota struck down the state’s abortion law, ruling it unconstitutional due to “vagueness” and the “fundamental right to choose abortion before viability” in the state constitution.
The Thursday ruling is the latest turn in North Dakota’s abortion law since the Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization returned abortion law to the states. The trigger law that would have banned abortion in the state was blocked by a court in 2022, pending a lawsuit, and the injunction was upheld in 2023.
While the trigger law was blocked, the state legislature passed a different abortion law, banning the practice with exceptions for medical emergencies along with rape or incest in the first six weeks. State District Judge Bruce Romanick ruled on Thursday the new law was unlawful.
Romanick wrote in his order that the law is “unconstitutionally void for vagueness,” claiming it infringes on “fundamental rights.”
“Pregnant women in North Dakota have a fundamental right to choose abortion before viability exists under the enumerated and unenumerated interests provided by the North Dakota Constitution for all North Dakota individuals, including women — specifically, but not necessarily limited to, the interests in life, liberty, safety, and happiness,” Romanick wrote in the order.
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The challenge was brought by Red River Women’s Clinic, which was North Dakota’s lone abortion center before it relocated to Moorhead, Minnesota. The director of the abortion provider, Tammi Kromenaker, said she is looking forward to a “new future” with abortion law in the state.
“Today’s decision gives me hope. I feel like the court heard us when we raised our voices against a law that not only ran counter to our state constitution, but was too vague for physicians to interpret and which prevented them from providing the high quality care that our communities are entitled to,” Kromenaker said in a statement Thursday.
North Dakota
Armstrong directs flags at half-staff Thursday in observance of Peace Officers Memorial Day
BISMARCK, N.D. – Gov. Kelly Armstrong has directed all government agencies to fly the United States and North Dakota flags at half-staff on Thursday, May 14, and encourages North Dakotans to do the same at their homes and businesses, in observance of national Peace Officers Memorial Day.
The governor’s directive is in accordance with a proclamation issued by President Donald Trump, who also proclaimed May 10-16 as national Police Week.
Armstrong will join North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley and Supreme Court Chief Justice Lisa Fair McEvers in delivering remarks during a North Dakota Peace Officers Memorial Service at 7 p.m. Thursday in Memorial Hall of the State Capitol. North Dakota’s 69 fallen peace officers will be remembered and honored during the service, and the Capitol windows will be lit to display a “Thin Blue Line” as a mark of respect for all law enforcement officers, past and present.
MINOT, N.D. (KMOT) – Todd Cresap, who has served as a North Dakota district judge since 2009, announced he will retire in July.
Cresap wrote a letter to Gov. Kelly Armstrong, R-ND, he would retire effective July 17.
In the letter, Cresap said he had ‘mixed emotions’ over the decision, calling it an ‘honor’ to serve, but said it was time for someone ‘with a new perspective’ to serve.
A Valley City native, Cresap studied at Minot State University and the University of North Dakota.
Then-Gov. John Hoeven appointed Cresap to fill a judgeship in the Northwest Judicial District in 2009 that was created by the legislature. He served in that district until 2014, when it was split into Northwest and North Central.
Voters elected Cresap to the bench in 2012, 2016, and 2022. He served as a lawyer in private practice before his appointment as judge.
Armstrong can appoint a replacement to fill Cresap’s remaining term from a nominating committee’s list, ask the committee for new candidates, or call a special election.
The North Central District covers Ward, Mountrail, and Burke Counties.
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STUTSMAN COUNTY, N.D. (Valley News Live) – A 22-year-old woman was killed May 11 in a single-vehicle rollover crash on a rural road in Stutsman County.
The crash was reported about 8:06 p.m. on 77th Avenue SE, roughly 6 miles west of Kensal.
Troopers said a 2002 Chevrolet Silverado was heading south on the gravel road when it left the roadway, the driver overcorrected and the vehicle rolled.
The Carrington woman, who was not wearing a seat belt, died at the scene, authorities said. Her name has not yet been released.
The crash remains under investigation by the North Dakota State Patrol.
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