The Red River Women's Clinic was originally located in Fargo,

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, and for many years was the only

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in North Dakota. It began operating in 1998. The clinic's director is Tammi Kromenaker. In 2013, the

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sued on behalf of the clinic over a law requiring doctors performing abortions to have

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to local hospitals. In the wake of the

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's holding in ''

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'' that the United States constitution does not confer a right to abortion and the subsequent legal uncertainty over the status of abortion in North Dakota, the clinic moved to

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, approximately three miles away and just on the other side of the state line.

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