Fargo area s recent COVID-19 spike is the exception among North Dakota s urban hubs
Health experts say the more rapid increase of COVID-19 cases in North Dakota’s most populous county stems from multiple factors, but many involve the metro area’s dynamism and connectedness attributes that help foster business activity, but also can be exploited by the coronavirus. Written By: Patrick Springer | ×
Members of the Red River Valley COVID-19 Task Force watch a multimedia campaign promoting mask-wearing on Oct. 2, 2020, at Fargo City Hall. David Samson / The Forum
FARGO Cass County is once again standing out among North Dakota’s urban centers as the location seeing the most rapid growth in new COVID-19 cases.
Petition to remove abortion-related amendments to higher-ed bill gains more than 1,000 signees
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North Dakota House Passes Bill to End School’s Ties to Planned Parenthood
9 Apr 2021
Lawmakers in the North Dakota House passed legislation Wednesday that would block North Dakota State University (NDSU) from providing federal grant funds to a sex education program linked to abortion provider Planned Parenthood.
Legislators in the state have long expressed opposition to the sex ed program because of its ties with Planned Parenthood. As Inforum.com reported, during the 2019 legislative session, 89 North Dakota lawmakers wrote to NDSU to express their disapproval of NDSU’s “public partnership with Planned Parenthood.”
SB 2030, which is a funding bill for the state’s Higher Education Challenge Matching Grant, passed the state House, 66-25, with an amendment that prevents schools from entering into contracts with abortion providers.
North Dakota lawmakers are closer to punishing NDSU (and other colleges) for working with Planned Parenthood.
Last month, lawmakers decided to put pressure on North Dakota State University to discontinue the university s working relationship with Planned Parenthood. A bill was introduced to cut federal funding to the college, and 10 other North Dakota colleges, if NDSU did not end the program with the controversial organization. NDSU s president has already said he will not give in to the political pressure. But that will not stop North Dakota lawmakers from trying to send us back to a pre-Roe v. Wade era.
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Since Tuesday, April 6, more than 1,000 people have signed the petition against the amendments. 2:00 pm, Apr. 9, 2021 ×
The North Dakota State Capitol. Forum News Service file photo
GRAND FORKS A petition asking North Dakota legislators to remove amendments related to Planned Parenthood and other organizations that perform abortions has collected more than 1,000 signatures as of Thursday, April 8.
The petition comes the same week the North Dakota House approved legislative amendments that would levy potential arrest for faculty or staff who sign contracts with organizations that perform abortions. This comes after lawmakers say North Dakota State University failed to heed the Legislature’s warning last session about its continued partnership with Planned Parenthood.
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