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North Dakota governor signs one of the US’s strictest abortion bans into law

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North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum Monday signed one of the country’s most restrictive abortion bans into law. Under this bill, performing an abortion in the state is a Class C felony, which can result in a maximum five-year prison sentence if convicted.

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Former North Dakota women’s health clinic files amended complaint challenging statewide abortion ban

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The Center for Reproductive Rights, Gender Justice and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced Monday that they filed an amended complaint on behalf of women’s health clinic Red River Women’s Clinic, formerly based in North Dakota, challenging the state’s newly passed and signed abortion ban, SB 2150.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. A number of different parties had lined up on either side of the issue of whether EPA’s stay was lawful. and non-U.S. Clean Air Council v.

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US Supreme Court to rule on legality of gender-affirming care bans for transgender youth

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Skrmetti , centers on a Tennessee law enacted in March 2023 that bans healthcare providers from performing medical procedures on minors or administering treatments intended to help minors identify with a gender different from their sex as assigned at birth. The law also curtailed then-ongoing gender-affirming care for minor patients.

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Texas Supreme Court upholds ban on gender-affirming care for minors

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At present, half the states in the nation have passed laws barring transgender youth from obtaining gender-affirming care — with state policies diverging on the expansiveness of the definition of such treatments.

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North Dakota judge refuses to block portion of state abortion ban

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A North Dakota judge denied a request for a preliminary injunction Tuesday, allowing the state’s abortion ban to remain in effect. When the Supreme Court reversed Roe in June 2022, North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley immediately triggered the ban. ” A jury trial is currently set for August 2024.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. applied federal common law. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate at gmail dot com.

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