BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Lawyers for the abortion clinic in Fargo are asking the state Supreme Court to clarify a portion of a recent ruling that limits the use of pregnancy-terminating drugs.
In a divided decision released late last month, the North Dakota Supreme Court said the 2011 state law that bars the use of one of two drugs used by the clinic in medication abortions didn't violate the North Dakota Constitution.
Attorneys for the clinic filed a petition for rehearing on Wednesday to "resolve any lingering ambiguity'' about the "practical effect'' of the law. Clinic attorneys argue the Supreme Court found that the law's intent "does not impose a ban on all medication abortions.''
The clinic halted medication abortions one day after the high court's ruling.