North Dakota lawmakers voted on Friday afternoon to pass a "personhood" abortion ban, which would endow fertilized eggs with all rights of a U.S. citizen and effectively outlaw abortion in North Dakota.  The measure, which passed the Senate last month, passed the House by a 57-35 vote and will now head to Republican Gov. Jack Dalrymple's desk.  The Governor is expected to sign the bill into law.  The personhood abortion ban says that life begins at conception and that the fertilized egg cannot be aborted. 

The personhood ban will have far-reaching consequences even beyond abortion care, since it will charge doctors who damage embryos with criminal negligence.  This after the state government's defunding of planned parenthood in the state has closed, I think, all but one clinic in the state that does abortions. 

I can't imagine how this would get past the Supreme Court and Roe v Wade.  The Republicans, who are trying to re-brand themselves after losing the last presidential election, sure aren't slowing down on their war against women and reproductive rights.