The Red River Women's Clinic—an abortion clinic that used to be the only one in North Dakota before it moved from Fargo to neighboring Moorhead, Minnesota, soon after Roe v. Wade was overturned—and several doctors have challenged North Dakota's abortion ban as unconstitutionally vague for physicians and its health exception as too narrow.

The state issued a “provider alert” that also told doctors that failing to provide “life-saving treatment” to pregnant woman could constitute medical malpractice.

The Democratic presidential nominee appeared at a live-streamed event hosted by Oprah Winfrey that was clearly targeted at persuadable women.