Remnant Recap

• Pro-life law stands: Activist justices failed to get the four votes needed to strike down North Dakota’s abortion protections.

• Abortion industry loses: The state’s only clinic already fled to Minnesota and failed to block the law.

• Life wins in court: Leaders say the ruling upholds the constitution and protects both mothers and pre-born children.

North Dakota just handed the pro-life movement a major win, and it happened because activist judges couldn’t even agree on how to twist the state constitution. Only three of the five justices tried to strike down the abortion protections, but they needed four votes to do it. That left the pro-life law standing, including felony penalties for abortionists and exceptions only for truly dire medical situations.

LifeSiteNews reports:

North Dakota can once again protect its tiniest citizens from being killed through abortion, following a state supreme court ruling.

In a bit of a legal anomaly, a majority of activist justices actually did say that parts of the law were “unconstitutionally vague” and tried to strike down the protections for preborn babies. However, only three of the five justices could agree on this point, and four are needed on issues of constitutionality.

“The state constitution requires at least four of the five justices to agree for a law to be found unconstitutional, a high bar,” the Associated Press explained. “Not enough members of the court joined together to affirm the lower court ruling.”

The practical effect is that the court upheld a state law that generally prohibits the intentional killing of preborn babies in the womb. However, it includes exceptions for a medically “necessary” abortion. Women can also have their baby killed up through the first six weeks of pregnancy if the baby was conceived via rape or incest.

Direct abortion is never truly needed, however, as medical experts have affirmed. Pro-lifers also stress that all babies are deserving of protection no matter the circumstances of their conception.

Red River Women’s Clinic filed a lawsuit to stop the bill. The abortion facility stood to lose money if women could not pay it to kill their innocent baby. It claimed the state constitution provided women a “right” to have abortions for “mental health conditions.”

In September 2024, left-wing North Dakota District Judge Bruce Romanick blocked the law, keeping it unenforceable until now. The activist judge invented a “right” to abortion by reading it into the state constitution.

The abortion industry lost big, and their favorite clinic already packed up for Minnesota. This ruling is proof that strong laws, strong leadership, and strong constitutional standards can keep unborn children safe despite judicial activism.

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