North Dakota’s GOP-led Legislature mulls more abortion bills

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s Republican-led Legislature is considering abortion restrictions for the first time in six years despite critics saying the state is setting itself up for another round of expensive legal fights.
In standing-room-only hearings on Monday, a House committee took testimony on a bill that would ban a commonly used second-trimester abortion procedure.
Opponents call the procedure “barbaric,” but abortion-rights groups say banning the dilatio