Fargo Abortion Clinic Doesn’t Want To Abide By New North Dakota Law
They don’t want to let mothers see an ultrasound of their children, and listen to the heartbeat, before giving an abortion. Because apparently the abortion clinic in Fargo doesn’t have that sort of equipment available, or something, and doesn’t want to buy it.
Oh, and the law is “confusing” to boot.
FARGO – The Red River Women’s Clinic has filed a lawsuit to stop a North Dakota law that would require the abortion clinic to give women an opportunity to view an ultrasound 24 hours before obtaining an abortion.
The law would limit women’s ability to obtain an abortion because of a vague and confusing restriction, according to a news release issued by the Center for Reproductive Rights, a national organization that advocates for “reproductive freedom,” according to its Web site.
The new North Dakota law, schedule to take effect Aug. 1, includes a provision to make a fetal heartbeat audible during an ultrasound, but is not clear whether the facility must offer the woman the opportunity to listen to the heartbeat. The cost of the equipment needed to listen to a fetal heartbeat would impose a high financial burden on the facility, according to the release.
The clinic is asking a North Dakota court to issue a temporary injunction preventing the law from taking effect while the court reviews the legal challenge, the release said.
There’s nothing vague or confusing about this law. It’s requirements are clear. Let the mother see an ultrasound and listen to the heartbeat of the child before they kill it with an abortion.
What really concerns me is that an operating abortion clinic apparently doesn’t even have the equipment on hand to perform these procedures. They talk about keeping abortions safe, but how safe can the clinic be if they don’t even have ultrasound equipment?
I suspect that the clinic is lying to the courts for the sake of trying to kill off a law dutifully passed by the representatives of the people in North Dakota.
