# Title 14 — Domestic Relations and Persons

## Chapter 14-02.3 — Limitation of Abortion

### § 14-02.3-01. State policy on abortion and childbirth - Use of public funds restricted.

1. Between normal childbirth and abortion, it is the policy of the state of North Dakota that
normal childbirth is to be given preference, encouragement, and support by law and by
state action, it being in the best interests of the well-being and common good of North
Dakota citizens.
2. An agency of this state may not produce, distribute, publish, disseminate, endorse, or
approve materials of any type that, between normal childbirth and abortion, do not give
preference, encouragement, and support to normal childbirth. An agency of the state
may not fund, endorse, or support any program that, between normal childbirth and
abortion, does not give preference, encouragement, and support to normal childbirth.
3. No funds of this state or any agency, county, municipality, or any other subdivision
thereof and no federal funds passing through the state treasury or a state agency may
be used to pay for the performance, or for promoting the performance, of an abortion
unless the abortion is necessary to prevent the death of the woman.
### § 14-02.3-02. Use of public funds for family planning - Use for the performance, referral,

and encouragement of abortion prohibited.
No funds of this state or any agency, county, municipality, or any other subdivision thereof
and no federal funds passing through the state treasury or a state agency may be used as
family planning funds by any person or public or private agency which performs, refers, or
encourages abortion.
### § 14-02.3-03. Payment for abortions by health insurance policies delivered or issued in

North Dakota restricted.
No health insurance contracts, plans, or policies delivered or issued for delivery in this state
may provide coverage for abortions, including the elimination of one or more unborn children in
a multifetal pregnancy, except by an optional rider for which there must be paid an additional
premium. Provided, however, that this section does not apply to the performance of an abortion
necessary to prevent the death of the woman.
### § 14-02.3-04. Abortion in government hospitals operated within North Dakota restricted.

No person may authorize or perform an abortion in a hospital owned, maintained, or
operated within the state by the state or any of its agencies or by any political subdivision of the
state, unless the abortion is necessary to prevent the death of the woman.
### § 14-02.3-05. Penalty.

Any person found guilty of violating this chapter is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
