Abortion could be considered murder under fetal personhood proposal in North Dakota
NORTH DAKOTA MONITOR
House Bill 1373, referred to as a “personhood bill,” would define a human being to include an unborn child in state laws relating to murder, assault and wrongful death lawsuits. The bill would also establish that an unborn child exists at the moment of fertilization.
Rep. Lori VanWinkle, R-Minot, is the bill’s lead sponsor. She said the Legislature’s prior attempts to restrict abortion did not go far enough. “This is a commonsense bill that will close a loophole that has allowed the murder of innocent lives to continue in this state,” she told the House Human Services Committee during a Wednesday hearing on the bill.