North Dakota Century Code Title 12.1. Criminal Code § 12.1-17-14. Forced or coerced abortion--Penalty

a. “Abortion” means the act of using or prescribing any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance, device, or means with the intent to terminate the clinically diagnosable intrauterine pregnancy of a woman, including the elimination of one or more unborn children in a multifetal pregnancy, with knowledge the termination will with reasonable likelihood cause the death of the unborn child. The use, prescription, or means is not an abortion if done with the intent to:

b. “Force or coerce” means committing, attempting to commit, or threatening to commit physical harm to a woman, the unborn child, or another individual intended to compel the woman to have an abortion performed against her will.

c. “Threat” means at least one statement, or a course of conduct by the individual, which places a woman in reasonable apprehension that the individual will follow through with the statement or act as implied by the individual's course of conduct. The term does not include constitutionally protected speech or any generalized statement regarding a lawful pregnancy option.