Breaking: Abortion is LEGAL again in North Dakota

Dear team,

A North Dakota state court has struck down the state's total abortion ban in response to our lawsuit, declaring it unconstitutional. Abortion will now be legal again in North Dakota!

The Center for Reproductive Rights has more than 20 active cases in the United States right now fighting to protect reproductive rights—and this ruling is a powerful reminder that our work is crucial, and with your support we can keep fighting—and win.

Your support is critical right now as we build on this momentum in states like Idaho and Tennessee, where similar bans are threatening the lives and rights of countless pregnant people.

Update: Any gift you make today will be DOUBLED up to $50,000 thanks to a generous matching gift from donors like you. Sarah Harte and her daughters, Caroline Harte, Julia Sairam, and Anna-Brooke Gutzler stepped up because they know that reproductive rights are worth fighting for.

This ruling in North Dakota is a monumental step forward. However, the damage that the state’s extreme abortion bans have done cannot be repaired overnight.

While hospitals and doctors will no longer have their hands tied and will be able to provide abortions to patients with pregnancy complications, there are no abortion clinics left in North Dakota. That means most people seeking an abortion still won’t be able to get one, even though it is legal.

We need your support now more than ever to ensure that we can continue to shore up protections for abortion rights across the U.S. and around the world. Your gift today will go two times as far and will help us challenge unconstitutional bans, protect doctors from criminalization, and restore access to safe, legal abortion care across the country.

Thank you for your unwavering support,

Meetra Mehdizadeh
Staff Attorney

P.S. P.S. Our work isn't over—18 states currently ban abortion completely or after six weeks of pregnancy, before many know they are pregnant. Please, help fight for our reproductive freedoms by making your matching gift today.