A North Dakota judge on Monday granted a request by the Catholic Diocese of Bismarck and a Catholic employment association to temporarily block the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from enforcing part of its anti-discrimination regulations related to abortion,

District Judge Daniel Traynor granted the motion to temporarily cease enforcement of recent guidelines that protect workers who are transgender and those seeking abortion and fertility treatments.

BISMARCK, N.D. ( North Dakota Monitor) – The Catholic Diocese of Bismarck and a Catholic employers’ association are suing the federal government over regulations that protect employees who seek abortion or fertility treatments and shield LGBTQ workers from discrimination.

A state judge has struck down North Dakota’s ban on abortion, saying that the state constitution creates a fundamental right to access abortion before a fetus is viable.

The state of North Dakota is asking a judge to pause his ruling from last week that struck down North Dakota's abortion ban as unconstitutional.

A federal judge is allowing more than 8,000 Catholic employers nationwide to reject government regulations that protect workers seeking abortions and fertility care

A U.S. judge has blocked a federal agency from enforcing a rule crafted by President Joe Biden's administration requiring employers to accommodate employees who have abortions or undergo certain fertility treatments against members of a nationwide Catholic employers' association.