Use of Fetal Development Video Must Stop
By: Micah Harwood, former Fargo Public Schools Student March 30, 2024 I am a former student of Fargo Public Schools and so I am aware of a lot of internal problems that need to be addressed. However, I will gloss over those for the sole reason of having this specific issue addressed. Fargo Public Schools […]
North Dakotans Deserve Health Care, Including Abortion and IVF
By: Elizabeth Samuelson March 24, 2024 Just before the Alabama Supreme Court ruling, I received a diagnosis informing me that my partner and I would possibly need assistance through IVF to have a child. I began having various labs and medical procedures completed to assess the health of my reproductive organs while representatives in North […]
Disconnect Between ND Voters, Legislators
11.13.23 – The North Dakota News Cooperative report: “North Dakota legislators are out of sync with their voters on the state’s strict abortion law and decidedly independent on topics like property taxes and ballot measures expected to be a focal point during elections a year from now, according to results from the first North Dakota […]
Upholding Reproductive Rights: A Call to Action in North Dakota
June 18, 2023By: Amy JacobsonExecutive Director, Prairie Action ND It has been one year since the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Roe v. Wade, a decision that shattered nearly 50 years of precedent and stripped individuals of the right to control their own bodies. Following swiftly, our state legislature passed a stringent near-total […]
North Dakota Supreme Court Says “Trigger” Ban is Likely Unconstitutional
State Supreme Court keeps the total abortion ban blocked 03.16.23 – Today, the North Dakota Supreme Court ruled that the state’s total abortion ban violates the state constitution and should remain blocked. In its decision, the court found that abortion providers’ challenge to the “trigger” law is likely to succeed and that ban likely violates […]
Politicians shouldn’t be in control of our lives, we should!
January 12, 2023 | Amy Jacobson, Executive Director of Prairie Action ND Anti-abortion politicians in North Dakota are trying to control our bodies and our lives, take away our freedom, and force their will on the rest of us. These extremist politicians are intent on banning abortion with little regard for our values or what’s […]
Day of Action: Support Worker & Reproductive Rights
Are you looking for a way to fight for reproductive freedom now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned? The most powerful way you can ensure Minnesota continues to protect abortion access for our region is to talk to voters! North Dakotans, you are needed too!! Abortion access is ON THE BALLOT. People from across […]
2022 State Legislative Endorsements
Prairie Action ND is proud to endorse the following candidates for the North Dakota state legislature. These candidates support policies to build an economy that respects working people—with quality jobs and education, affordable healthcare and childcare—so people can work, take care of their families, and contribute to their communities. These support reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ rights […]
Bans Off Our Bodies Rallies to be held across North Dakota
May 11, 2022 On Monday, May 2nd, Politico published a leaked draft Supreme Court majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that explicitly overturns Roe v. Wade. This is an unprecedented leak from the court that, if true, would reverse nearly 50 years of precedent and explicitly end federal constitutional protections for abortion. North […]
Roe v Wade Hangs in the Balance
January 22, 2022 | By Dr. Erica Hofland, North Dakota Section of ACOG Chair, Dr. Ana Tobiasz, North Dakota Section of ACOG Vice-Chair, Tammi Kromenaker, Clinic Director, Red River Women’s Clinic, Destini Spaeth, President, North Dakota WIN Abortion Access Fund, Kristie Wolff, Executive Director, North Dakota Women’s Network, Katie Christensen, North Dakota State Director, Planned […]