The fight for life in North Dakota

North Dakota Family Alliance was recently served a subpoena initiated by the Red River Women's Clinic. The subpoena was part of their lawsuit opposing the ND trigger law and last session’s revisions to the Abortion Control Act portion of our Century Code. Two of our allies, the North Dakota Catholic Conference and North Dakota Right to Life also received similar subpoenas. Essentially, the subpoenas demanded access to all our confidential communications and documents related to our pro-life work since 2021, all social media posts since 2022, and all documents related to any events hosted by NDFA or even attended by NDFA since 2022. These last two categories asked for everything, even if the documents didn’t relate to the life issue.

This was obviously not a welcome development. However, looking at it slightly differently, it meant that they saw NDFA as a threat to their abortion agenda. As we've heard it said, the more of an impact you make, the more those in opposition will try to silence you.

We joined together with the North Dakota Catholic Conference and North Dakota Right to Life to fight these subpoenas. By the grace of God, and with some tireless work by our attorneys, Red River Women’s Clinic backed down and withdrew all the subpoenas. This was a tremendous victory, and reaffirmed that God is blessing NDFA’s commitment to protecting life! We ask that you continue to pray for us and our allies as we remain in the fight for life here in North Dakota.

Click here to read the statement of the North Dakota Catholic Conference which provides more detail on the situation.