North Dakota Lawmakers Look to Add $1 Million to State Budget for Anti-Abortion Campaign

State Sen. Janne Myrdal, R-Edinburg.  (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)

(By: Mary Steurer and Michael Achterling.  North Dakota Monitor) – A North Dakota legislative committee  recommended adding $1 million in the budget bill for the Office of Management and Budget for a “life education committee” to teach people about abortion alternatives.

The amendment was brought by Sen. Janne Myrdal, R-Edinburg.

Myrdal said the program would help inform pregnant women considering abortion of other options.

“What we’ve found in the state is that they don’t have information about what those are: pro-life centers, adoption services for women and families in crisis pregnancy,” Myrdal said.

The state’s Abortion Control Act already requires health care professionals to make pregnant women aware of alternatives before they can obtain abortions.