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  • North Dakota Republican Sen. Margaret Sitte poses for a picture at the state Capitol in Bismarck on March 22, 2013. The Bismarck Republican is the primary sponsor of a bill that the North Dakota Legislature passed that would essentially ban abortion by defining human life as beginning at conception. The bill is one of a series North Dakota lawmakers have passed this year, chipping away at abortion rights. (Associated Press)

    N.D. lawmakers define life as starting at conception

    North Dakota lawmakers moved Friday to outlaw abortion in the state by passing a bill defining life as starting at conception.

  • Samuel Seaboy, of Mandan, N.D., listens to testimony on Monday at the North Dakota Capitol in Bismarck about legislation that would allow the University of North Dakota to drop its Fighting Sioux nickname and an American Indian head logo. Mr. Seaboy said he opposed the bill. (Associated Press)

    Struggle to preserve Fighting Sioux nears end

    Six years after the NCAA deemed it hostile to American Indians, the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname has hardly gone quietly through the courts or the state Legislature.

  • **FILE** Abortion foes gather Jan. 24 in front of the U.S. Supreme Court for a rally against the Roe v. Wade decision 38 years ago that legalized abortion. An estimated three dozen members of Congress spoke to the "March for Life" crowd. (Associated Press)

    Drive grows for states to recognize 'personhood'

    Mississippi voters are likely to be the first in the nation to add to their state constitution "personhood" language that declares unborn children to be persons, effectively outlawing abortion and setting up a potential Supreme Court showdown — if they get a chance to vote on it in November.

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