" It gives human rights to a fertilized egg and anyone who damages or kills a fertilized egg could be prosecuted. "

" Then with no warning a senate procedure that changed everything and caught many senators off guard... This action lead to the bills defeat... Senators voted 28-19 to table the bill "

" Rep. Dan Ruby, R-Minot, is back with legislation that declares a fertilized egg and a human being to be one and the same in North Dakota. Although Ruby insists the new bill gets rid of some of the problems in his 2009 “personhood” bill, the only real change to the legislation (which back then was voted down in the Senate) is that this time he’s upfront about his intent.

" In the 2009 session, he said his bill would not be a “direct ban” on abortion, but this time he says that criminalizing abortion is his objective. To that end, he and his fellow sponsors can’t be bothered with the medical and legal ramifications of his ideological bill. "

" They warn Catholics against giving to or working with the March of Dimes, UNICEF, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, an anti-breast cancer organization or Crop Walk, which is promoted largely by Lutheran churches in the state. It’s not because of those organizations’ main work, but because they also support abortion rights, contraception or stem cell research, the bishops say.

" Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, also is named by the bishops on their do-not-give-to list. "

" An anti-abortion proposal being considered by North Dakota lawmakers that asserts that a fertilized egg is a human being could hurt couples who want to have children, doctors said Tuesday.

" The measure would declare that a human being is "an individual member of the species homo sapiens at every stage of development." Rep. Dan Ruby, R-Minot, the legislation's sponsor, said the intent is to make abortion a criminal act in North Dakota, which already has strict anti-abortion laws. "