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The measures now to go to Republican Gov. Jack Dalrymple who has indicated he will sign them.
The new state laws are even more strict than one finalized last week in Arkansas that would make the procedure illegal after 12 weeks of pregnancy. One North Dakota measure would prevent women from having abortions based on a genetic defect, like Down syndrome. The other would ban doctors from performing an abortion if a fetal heartbeat is detected -- as early as five or six weeks.
Republican state Rep. Bette Grande of Fargo sponsored both bills. Grande, a ninth-term legislator, is one of the more conservative lawmakers in the state. She’s pushed for controversial right-to-life issues and has been vocal about the issues.
Grande recently said she had relatives who had children born with genetic abnormalities and has been surprised at the discrimination she’s seen.
“It takes you back to Hitler, and we know where that went,” she has said. “He started going after those with abnormalities, and I think it’s an absurdity we would go back to that kind of thing."
Bette has said she doesn’t understand why there is such an uproar over banning abortions in the fifth or sixth week. According to National Right to Life, a fetus’ heartbeat begins at the 22nd day.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/15/north-dakota-poised-to-pass-most-restrictive-abortion-bills-in-nation/?test=latestnews#ixzz2NgYd54SJ
I consider myself to be prolife, though not an absolutist. I think there needs to be an exemption for true rape and when the woman's life is in grave physical danger. I also disagree with some tactics the extreme abortions foes have used.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out in North Dakota, probably the reddest state in the United States. Will any North Dakota state of Federal judge overturn this law and will the U.S. Supreme Court take the case?
Yep, it will be interesting.
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