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.

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      Empathy, just like any other trait exists on a spectrum. Republicanā€™s capacity for empathy is on the very low side, so sympathy is hard to come by.

      What is ā€œcapacity for empathyā€? Ebeneezer Scrooge is the perfect example of a person with high capacity for empathy but lived without sympathy (and therefore acted without compassion) until he was shown why he should have sympathy and changed his behavior Most people are not like this.

      For the grifter subset of right wingers (the other subset is their victims), I donā€™t believe they have much capacity for empathy, thereā€™s nothing they could be shown to increase their sympathy until the negative effects reach all the way into their tiny circle of compassion which often consists of just themselves, sometimes children or spouses (successors).