North Dakota governor signs law banning nearly all abortions in the state

Republican Gov. Doug Burgum of North Dakota signed a near-total abortion ban bill into law Monday.

Senate Bill 2150, which passed in the state’s legislature last week, defines abortion as “the act of using, selling, or prescribing any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance, device, or means with the intent to terminate the clinically diagnosable pregnancy of a woman.”