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Concluded U.S. District Courts

American Medical Association v. Wrigley

Catholic Hospitals Are Right, Abortion is Rarely Medically Necessary

Summary

In 2019, the state of North Dakota passed an informed-consent requirement to ensure that women considering abortion are fully informed that the chemical-abortion process may be reversible if treated quickly after the first pill in the regimen, mifepristone or RU486, is taken (Abortion Pill Reversal Disclosure). North Dakota’s existing informed-consent law also includes a disclosure informing women that abortion terminates the life of “a whole, separate, unique, living human being.” The American Medical Association and abortion providers filed a lawsuit claiming the laws are unconstitutional.

A federal district court granted Alliance Defending Freedom’s motion to allow Heartbeat International to intervene in the case on behalf of its network of pregnancy centers and Abortion Pill Reversal program, which statistics suggest has saved nearly 3000 babies whose moms chose to pursue APR after beginning the chemical-abortion process. ADF is representing Heartbeat International as an intervenor-defendant.

Case Documents

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Title
Date
Trial Court
10/18/2023
Trial Court
10/12/2023
Trial Court
8/30/2019
Trial Court
6/25/2019

Case Profiles

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Kevin Theriot
Kevin Theriot
Senior Counsel
Kevin Theriot serves as senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is a key member of the Center for Life Team working to defend pro-life speech and protect medical rights of conscience.