On Tuesday, March 25, Center for Reproductive Rights attorneys will be at the North Dakota Supreme Court defending a lower court ruling that declared the state’s near-total abortion ban unconstitutional.  

Arguments will be livestreamed on the court’s website starting at 10 a.m. CT/11 a.m. ET and are expected to include both audio and video options.

>> Watch or listen to the livestream the arguments here. 

According to the September 2024 ruling by the district court, North Dakota’s near-total abortion ban violates the state constitution due to its narrow and vague health and life exceptions and because the ban violates the right to reproductive autonomy.  In his ruling, the judge stated that North Dakota’s constitution “protects a woman’s right to procreative autonomy—including to seek and obtain a pre-viability abortion.”

Argument Details

• Date/Time: Tuesday, March 25, at 10 a.m. CT (11 a.m. ET) 
• Location: North Dakota Supreme Court, 600 E Boulevard Ave, Bismarck, ND, 58505 
• Center Attorney: Meetra Mehdizadeh 
• Watch or listen to the livestream here.

Read more about the case.

• Ruling by North Dakota District Court, 09.13.24 
• Case background: Access Independent Health Services, Inc., d/b/a Red River Women’s Clinic v. Drew H. Wrigley