North Dakota judge strikes down the state's abortion ban

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8. I agree.

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I doubt this "life and liberty" ruling is unique, but in my layman's opinion, could be very useful in how it might apply to other states or even the U.S. Constitution's amendments laying out the prohibtion of deprivations of "life, liberty, or property".

In this case, it's not "life then liberty". It is "life AND liberty". A ruling for either life or liberty cannot exclude the other because both terms are mutually inclusive. Unless legislation is adopted to distinguish the two, both terms carry equal weight, IMO.

So yes, this is big.