North Dakota judge blocks anti-abortion 'trigger' law hours before it takes effect

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% : The near-total ban on abortion was set to take effect on 26 August.
39% : Please try again later{{ /verifyErrors }} A state court ruling in North Dakota has once again blocked the state's anti-abortion law, hours before it was set to take effect, allowing abortion to remain legal in the state while a legal challenge plays out.
37% : Abortion will remain legal as a lawsuit goes to trail.
35% : After the US Supreme Court struck down the constitutional right to abortion care in its ruling in Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization on 24 June, 12 states have outlawed abortion entirely, eliminating access to abortion care for more than 20 million women and girls.
35% : On 25 August, similar "trigger" bans designed to take effect without protections from Roe v Wade were in effect in Idaho, Texas and Tennessee, joining nine other states where abortion is effectively outlawed.

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