“Dear Friend: This is a critical hour in the history of North Dakota”: The Rise of the Anti-Abortion Movement in North Dakota and the Defeat of the 1972 Initiative to Liberalize State Abortion Laws

• In Event: State and Local Parties

Brief Overview

Attempts to liberalize abortion laws in North Dakota through a 1972 initiative brought about an anti-abortion backlash. The study focuses on the establishment of the Right to Life branch in Fargo and its efforts to defeat this initiative.

Author

• Nicholas Bauroth, North Dakota State University-Main Campus