Abortion in North Dakota is technically legal, but with no current providers.[1][2] The state's sole abortion clinic, the Red River Women's Clinic, relocated to Minnesota.[3]
Following the United States Supreme Court's landmark ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022, the state's trigger law, HB 1466, was blocked by the district court,[4][5] which was upheld by the North Dakota Supreme Court.[6] SB 2150 was passed in response to this, making performance of an abortion is a Class C felony subject to a maximum penalty of five years' imprisonment, a $10,000 fine, or both. The law provides exceptions for medical necessity, or rape or incest when performed before 6 weeks, or if an individual assisting was unaware they were assisting an illegal abortion.[2] In 2024, Judge Bruce Romanick overturned the state's abortion ban.[1]