Pro-Life Groups Celebrate the Defeat of a State Party Resolution Criminalizing Women

Apr 9 2024

Punishing Women Does Not Protect the UnbornFargo, N.D. – A proposed North Dakota GOP resolution to punish women who have abortions has been voted down after national and state pro-life groups voiced their opposition. Last week, leaders of organizations including SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser and ND Family Alliance Executive Director Mark Jorritsma sent a letter to North Dakota Republican Party Chair Sandi Sanford rejecting the proposed resolution on charging women as “co-conspirators” in their own abortions. Dannenfelser celebrated the resolution’s defeat: "Referencing a previous pro-life letter sent to legislators across the country in 2022."

Peer-reviewed research from Charlotte Lozier Institute shows nearly 70% of women who have had abortions describe them as inconsistent with their own values and preferences, with one in four describing their abortions as unwanted or coerced; over 60% report high levels of pressure to abort from one or more sources. The resolution stands in contrast to pro-woman legislation recently passed by North Dakota lawmakers including:

The North Dakota GOP Convention was held over the weekend and on Monday afternoon a party representative announced the passage of 14 resolutions and the defeat of the resolution criminalizing women.

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America is a network of more than one million pro-life Americans nationwide, dedicated to ending abortion by electing national leaders and advocating for laws that save lives, with a special calling to promote pro-life women leaders.