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U.S. NEWS Tuesday 1 November 2022
Bird flu infects Iowa egg farm with 1 million chickens

(AP) — Iowa agriculture infected. Because the vi- March and April with one
officials said Monday that rus is highly contagious, all reported in early May. The
another commercial egg birds on an infected farm virus hadn't been detect-
farm in the state has been are killed and disposed of ed again until a backyard
infected with bird flu, the to avoid the spread of the flock was infected on Oct.
first commercial farm case disease. 20 and then the latest in-
identified since April, when Iowa has been hardest hit fection was confirmed on
a turkey farm was infected. with bird losses at more Monday.
than 13.3 million this year Federal and state agri-
The latest case is in Wright before the latest farm was culture officials had been
County in north central found infected. concerned that it could re-
Iowa about 80 miles (130 Nationally more than 47.7 turn with the fall migration
kilometers) north of Des million birds have been of wild birds, which often
Moines housing about 1.1 affected in 43 states that carry the virus but aren't
million chickens. includes 251 commercial sickened by it. The virus can
flocks and 328 backyard spread through droppings tional outbreaks and are we continue to emphasize
Iowa has had 15 com- flocks, U.S. Department of or the nasal discharge of working closely with USDA the need for strict biosecu-
mercial farms infected this Agriculture figures show. an infected bird, which can and producers to eradi- rity on poultry farms and
year, including turkeys, contaminate dust and soil. cate this disease from our around backyard flocks to
egg-laying hens and other Most of the Iowa cases state," said Iowa Secretary help prevent and limit the
chickens. In addition, five were during the spring "We have been preparing of Agriculture Mike Naig. spread of this destructive
backyard flocks have been migration of wild birds in for the possibility of addi- "With migration ongoing, virus."q

Judge keeps North Dakota abortion ban from taking effect

(AP) — A North Dakota shut down its single location
judge ruled Monday that in Fargo and moved just a
he will keep the state's ban few miles across the state
on abortion from taking ef- line to Moorhead, Minneso-
fect, saying there's a "sub- ta, a state where abortion
stantial probability" that a remains legal. But the clinic
constitutional challenge to continued to press its law-
the law will succeed. suit, arguing that the North
Dakota constitution grants
Judge Bruce Romanick's a right to abortion.
ruling means abortion is When Romanick blocked
still legal in North Dakota, the law from taking effect
though the state's only clin- last month, he acknowl-
ic — the Red River Wom- edged that the clinic had
en's Clinic of Fargo — shut moved but noted doctors
down as it challenged the and hospitals would still be
ban and has moved across affected by the statute.
the border to neighboring
Minnesota. The law makes abortion ille-
Romanick last month re- gal except in cases of rape
jected a request from North or incest or when the life of
Dakota Attorney General the mother is in danger —
Drew Wrigley to let the law any of which would have
take effect while the Red to be proven in court. Oth-
River clinic's lawsuit went erwise, a doctor who per-
forward. Romanick based and has not been decided place. This puts unreason- look forward to respond- forms an abortion would
his earlier decision on sev- by the state's highest court. able burdens on doctors ing," he said. face a felony charge,
eral factors, but Wrigley Romanick said the purpose and pregnant women that Tammi Kromenaker, direc- which abortion rights sup-
argued he had not suffi- of a preliminary injunction is are "not reasonably related tor of the Red River Wom- porters say could stop doc-
ciently considered the clin- to maintain the status quo to the goal of preserving en's Clinic, said she was tors from performing abor-
ic's chances of prevailing in until a case can be settled life" — which the state has pleased that abortion re- tions even if the mother's
court. The North Dakota Su- on the merits. said is the purpose of the mained "safe and legal" in health is at risk.
preme Court agreed and But he also wrote there is law. He wrote that if "wom- the state.
told Romanick to take an- a "substantial probability" en do not have a reason- "We want physicians who More than a dozen states
other look. that the law is unconstitu- able avenue in which to are treating patients to feel had passed so-called trig-
In his earlier ruling, Roman- tional because of the con- get safe abortions when like they can use their best ger laws that were de-
ick noted the clinic's uphill straint it places on doctors. their lives are in danger, the medical judgment and signed to outlaw most
battle. But in his ruling Mon- Specifically, he took issue Statute does not serve its in- training and not be looking abortions if the high court
day, he said the clinic has with the fact that the ban tended rpose." at the law books as to how threw out the constitutional
a "substantial probability" allows cases of rape or in- Wrigley, a Republican, said they can take care of pa- right to end a pregnancy.
of succeeding, though he cest to be raised as an affir- he was still analyzing the tients," she said. While some states began
noted that the question of mative defense to admin- ruling. In the weeks after the U.S. enforcing the bans imme-
whether abortion is a con- istering an abortion — but "I'm unpersuaded by al- Supreme Court overturned diately other efforts to bar
stitutional right in North Da- notes that doctors could most everything I read in Roe v. Wade earlier this the procedure are tied up
kota has been contentious be prosecuted in the first the judge's ruling and we year, the Red River clinic in the courts.q