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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

North Dakota’s anti-abortion ‘trigger’ law blocked in court hours before going into effect

AP

The last remaining abortion clinic in North Dakota will remain open after a state court blocked a so-called “trigger” law that outlaws abortion care in the state, hours before it was set to take effect.

Judge Bruce Romanick granted a temporary restraining order to freeze the law following a legal challenge on behalf of Fargo’s Red River Women’s Clinic, which announced plans to move across state lines to Minnesota if abortion care is outlawed in its home state.

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