Joint Statement of Support for ND’s Prenatal Equal Protection Act

For Immediate Release - January 27, 2025
A Joint Statement in Support of the North Dakota Prenatal Equal Protection Act

As a coalition of Christian and/or conservative organizations and individuals, we strongly support the North Dakota Prenatal Equal Protection Act, HB 1373, filed by State Representative Lori VanWinkle. 

HB 1373 would end abortion in North Dakota by ensuring that every pre-born child enjoys the same legal protections from homicide that protect the lives of born people. At the moment of fertilization, God creates a new human being with a unique genetic code. HB 1373 protects human life at fertilization when personhood truly begins.

Pre-born babies are still being murdered at the same rate they were being murdered prior to the implementation of North Dakota’s most significant pro-life laws. In 2023, over 1,000 North Dakota babies were killed by abortions that remain legal under current North Dakota law. 780 babies were aborted out of state1 while an additional estimated 221 mothers used the abortion pill to legally perform self-managed abortions on North Dakota soil2. 

Providing equal protection to pre-born babies is about loving our pre-born neighbors as ourselves by protecting their lives with the same laws that protect our lives (Matthew 22:39, Mark 12:31) and showing no partiality or discrimination in justice (Psalm 82:2, Proverbs 20:10). God also commands us to pursue justice for the fatherless child (Psalm 82:3, Isaiah 1:17, Isaiah 10:2, and Jeremiah 5:28). The pre-born abortion victim is the fatherless child in America today. 

State laws that allow for abortion in any capacity are in violation of the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which declares that no state shall “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” Biblical and scientific evidence, as well as historical legal precedence, affirm the personhood of pre-born babies beyond the shadow of any doubt. HB 1373 ensures compliance with both the U.S. Constitution and God’s Word. 

Irrespective of public sentiment or personal opinion, civil magistrates have a mandate from God to protect the lives of all pre-born human beings as well as a duty to uphold the Constitution of the United States.  Therefore, we urge the North Dakota legislature to pass the North Dakota Prenatal Equal Protection Act without delay.

Sincerely,

Dr. Abby Johnson

Pro-Life Activist
CEO, And Then There Were None & ProLove Ministries

Amber Vibeto
Executive Director, North Dakota Can

Tim Knutson
Director of Development, Dakota Hope Clinic

Brandon Prichard
Executive Director, Citizens Alliance of North Dakota

Lori Hinz
RNC National Committeewoman, North Dakota

Steve Nagel
RNC National Committeeman, North Dakota

Jerol Gohrick
Chair, District 2 Republicans

Gregory J. Demme
Chair, District 3 Republicans

Ben Easling
Chair, District 4 Republicans

Travis Zablotney
Chair, District 5 Republicans

Reed Kramer
Chair, District 6 Republicans

Doug Sharbono
Chair, District 11 Republicans

Bill Kuntz
Chair, District 14 Republicans

Jason Pierce
Chair, District 15 Republicans

Amy Olson
Chair, District 27 Republicans

Delvin Boehm
Chair, District 33 Republicans

Roger Neshem
Chair, District 38 Republicans

Rob Muntz
Chair, District 46 Republicans