For the past 21 years, Red River Women’s Clinic has been the only abortion provider in the state of North Dakota. But in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, the clinic’s days are numbered
Tammi Kromenaker, director of the Red River Women’s Clinic, in the waiting area of the facility. Photo: Dave Kolpack/AP/Shutterstock . North Dakota is one of more than a dozen states across the nation with a “trigger law” on the books; abortion will become illegal within 30 days of the state attorney general certifying the Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
“We’ve been in pretty much near-constant litigation with the state of North Dakota for the last decade. We’ve had everything possible thrown at us in an attempt to end abortion in our state, and we’re still here,” Kromenaker, who has been working in the field for nearly three decades, told me in a call a few days before the court issued its ruling. “There’s definitely some resiliency there on the part of our staff that we’re in one of the worst places ever, and we still see patients every week.
So, it’s just the three of you in the clinic. What have you been doing so far? Have more patients reached out? Providers, clinic workers, advocates—people who’ve been doing this type of work for a really long time, especially in really hostile places—have all been saying the same thing. “We got a plan. It doesn’t matter how devastating this feels right now, we do have a plan and we’re going to continue to support access to care for as long as it’s possible.”
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