Washington, Apr 24 (EFE).- The US state of North Dakota on Monday prohibited all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, once the governor, the Republican Doug Burgum, ratified with his signature a norm approved on previous week by the state Senate, with a conservative majority.
The law is intended to take effect immediately, though the state Supreme Court already last month halted a “spring law,” designed to take effect the moment the US Supreme Court removed constitutional protection. to abortion, while its legality is decided.
According to North Dakota legislators, the law ratified this Monday serves to send a message to the state Justice and emphasize that citizens want to restrict abortion, collects the US chain PBS.
The measure does not include exceptions for cases of rape or incest.
His signing comes just two weeks after the governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, also a conservative, signed a similar law that prohibits abortions after the sixth week of pregnancy, although its entry into force depends on what the courts decide. of that state.
The battle for the restriction or protection of abortion has been waged at the state level since last summer the country’s Supreme Court withdrew the constitutional protection of the right, in force since the 1970s.
The organization Planned Parenthood, which runs the largest network of reproductive health clinics in the US, estimates that 18 of the 50 states have since banned or severely restricted abortion, and that in 13 access to this service is in practice impossible although there are exceptions.
