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

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

Apparently, she does not.

Ms Noemā€™s interview with Dana Bash onĀ *State of the UnionĀ *covered a wide range of topics given that the governor is seen as a leading contender to beĀ Donald Trumpā€™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.

  • whotookkarl@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    The only thing the Bible says about abortion is how to perform one, and many American Christian organizations were on the side of safe abortions performed by medical doctors until recently. Their scriptures didnā€™t change, medical science didnā€™t change, so why do they now oppose abortion? The primary reason I can see is clergy and politicians working together to undermine womenā€™s rights. They donā€™t care if they are hypocrites or hurt people because they feel justified by their faith despite faith being an awful reason to believe anything is true. I donā€™t understand how anyone can say churches are apolitical and deserve tax free status.

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      7 months ago

      Abortion as a right wing talking point is a long-con that began during Reagan in order to bamboozle a bunch of fucking Jeebus hicks into voting republiQan.

      Worked like a charm.