North Dakota enacts near-total ban on abortions.
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North Dakota has enacted a near-total ban on abortions, making it a felony for doctors to administer them in most cases. The law creates exceptions if the mother's life is threatened, but rape and incest victims are only eligible for an abortion during the first six weeks of pregnancy. The US Supreme Court overturned a federal right to abortion last year, leaving it up to states to regulate. At least 13 other US states have enacted abortion bans since then. The new law passed with veto-proof majorities of 42-5 in the state senate and 76-14 in the House of Representatives.
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