Post Roe v Wade abortion law in South Dakota only allows for exceptions to save life of mother

During a Sunday morning appearance on CNN, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem was asked whether she thinks there should be exceptions for survivors of rape and incest when it came to abortion laws.

Apparently, she does not.

Ms Noem’s interview with Dana Bash on *State of the Union *covered a wide range of topics given that the governor is seen as a leading contender to be Donald Trump’s running mate.

On abortion, she spoke in favour of the issue being decided by individual states post-Roe v Wade, referencing a decades-old trigger law that came into effect in her state after the Supreme Court struck down the 1973 decision.

Abortion is now banned in South Dakota, with the only exception being to save the life of the mother.

  • hddsx@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    At least she’s consistent. If abortion is murder, an exception to save the life of the mother is self defense (or in defense of another).

    IIRC Arizona’s governor was like “Abortion is murder and you can’t do that here. But it’s okay to drive three hours away to commit murder”

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      7 months ago

      IIRC Arizona’s governor was like “Abortion is murder and you can’t do that here. But it’s okay to drive three hours away to commit murder”

      No that was Kari Lake, who also doesn’t know she’s not the governor.