Judge Temporarily Blocks North Dakota’s Trigger Abortion Ban; Clinic Can Continue Operations

Pro-abortion protesters stand outside the U.S. Supreme Court as the court deliberates overturning Roe v. Wade in Washington on June 24, 2022. Jim Bourg/Reuters

A judge in North Dakota has temporarily halted the state’s “trigger law” abortion ban from beginning on July 28, allowing the only remaining abortion clinic in the state to continue the procedure.

Burleigh County District Judge Bruce Romanick granted the order to the Red River Women’s Clinic on July 27, one day before the state’s near complete ban on abortion was to take effect.