Red River Women's Clinic is an abortion clinic that was originally located in
Fargo, North Dakota, and for many years was the only one in the state. Not only does the clinic provide
abortions, but like almost every abortion health center, it also issues
birth control,
emergency contraception,
pregnancy tests, and
STI tests. Before the clinic opened, there were two doctors providing abortions in North Dakota, one in
Grand Forks and one in
Jamestown. As the doctors were nearing the end of their careers, they asked Jane Bovard to open a clinic in
Fargo. It began operating in 1998. The clinic's director is Tammi Kromenaker. In 2013, the
Center for Reproductive Rights sued on behalf of the clinic over a law requiring doctors performing abortions to have
admitting privileges to local hospitals. Once this law, SB 2305, was signed, the clinic physicians began attempting to comply with the law. Hospitals within 30 miles of the facility, however, already informed the clinic that its doctors would not be allowed access for reasons such as hospital policy regarding abortion services and the annual minimum number of patients that physicians must accept. Supported by the
Center of Reproductive Rights, it sued the state on account of the law being an unnecessary barrier between doctors and performing an abortion. == Awards ==