ND House Passes Abortion BanNorth Dakota's House of Representatives has passed a bill effectively outlawing abortion.
The House voted 51-41 this afternoon to declare that a fertilized egg has all the rights of any person.
That means a fetus could not be legally aborted without the procedure being considered murder.
Minot Republican Dan Ruby has sponsored other bills banning abortion in previous legislative sessions - all of which failed.
(more...)North Dakota's House of Representatives has passed a bill granting personhood to fetuses, making abortion murder and creating a challenge to Roe vs. Wade. This should be interesting to watch.
