North Dakota’s overturned abortion ban won’t be in effect during appeal, court rules

North Dakota’s highest court has ruled that the state’s overturned abortion ban will not be enforced during an appeal of a judge’s ruling that struck down the law in September. The ruling Friday comes after attorneys for the state had asked the Supreme Court for a stay pending appeal. The judge had previously denied one after his ruling found the 2023 abortion ban unconstitutional. The state plans to appeal his September ruling. North Dakota’s formerly sole abortion provider, now in Minnesota, and several physicians had challenged the abortion ban as violating the state constitution.