Lawmakers in North Dakota advanced an abortion bill that seeks to ban the procedure with few exceptions.
, mostly along party lines, which makes performing or aiding an abortion a class C felony, which is punishable by up to five years in prison and/or a fine of $10,000.The only exceptions are if the mother's health or life are in danger and in cases of rape or incest, but only up until six weeks' gestation, before many women know they're pregnant.
The North Dakota Capitol tower rises in the background behind a stone sign, April 19, 2012, in Bismarck, N.D.The bill will next head to the Senate. If it passes, Gov. Doug Burgum is expected to sign it into law.that was set to go into effect -- which would make it a felony to perform an abortion with only exceptions for rape, incest or if the mother's life is in danger -- as unconstitutional.House Majority Leader Mike Lefor, a Republican. "This is what this Legislature wants.
"The 6-week 'exception' is before most people know they are pregnant, particularly young victims of sexual violence, and forcing an unwanted pregnancy to continue adds to the trauma," Rep. Karla Rose Hanson, who voted against the bill, wrote in a
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