Sex Law Information Center - NORTH DAKOTA Print E-mail
Age of Consent
  Males - 18    Females - 18    (Source)
  Minors under the age of 18 are able to consent to sex with other minors under 18, but once one of them turns 18, it becomes illegal for them to have sex.
   
Sex Toys
  No known laws affecting sex toys.
   
Availability of Plan B/EC
  Plan B is available to those 18 and over OTC as provided in FDA regulations.  Those under 18 require a prescription.

Locate a source for Plan B
   
Access to contraceptive services by minors
  North Dakota has no policy or law regarding access to contraceptive services by minors.  
   
State Marriage Laws
  AOC:  w/o PC:18  w/PC: 16 (Source )
  Common Law Marriage:  No 
   
Status of Gay Marriage/Civil Unions
  Constitutional amendment and state law restricting marriage to one man and one woman.
   
Abortion Laws
  Legality Legal until viability
(health exception)
  W/P 24 Hours
  P/N* Consent of both parents required, judicial bypass available
  I/C Yes
  Other Abortions performed after 12 weeks gestation must be performed in a hospital.  Law has an unenforceable clause that required a husband's consent for a wife's abortion.
     
Safe Haven Law 
  Either parent or an agent of the parents may drop off the infant at a hospital up to one year after birth.
   
State Adoption Laws 
  North Dakota Adoption Law  
  ND Dept of Human Services
   
Rape/Rape Shield Laws
  North Dakota has a mediocre rape shield law, allows for evidence of prior sexual contact with the perpetrator to be used.
   
Sex Education Model
  North Dakota does not mandate sex education or instruction in preventing STIs, and provides no guidance to school districts that implement such a program. 
   
Other Sex/Sexuality Related Laws/Regs
  "Unlawful cohabitation" is a crime in North Dakota (two unmarried persons of opposite sex living together in an "open and notorious fashion")
   
   

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