Tue Jan 25, 2022 – 2:12 pm ESTTue Jan 25, 2022 – 2:13 pm EST
PIERRE, South Dakota (LifeSiteNews) — South Dakota has joined the ranks of Republican-led states introducing measures to ban or strictly limit abortion in anticipation of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which could see the federal “right to abortion” overturned as early as this summer.
The legislative measures proposed by South Dakota’s Republican Gov. Kristi Noem could result in a formal ban on nearly all abortions within the Mount Rushmore State.
On Friday, the same day that tens of thousands of pro-lifers gathered for the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., Noem introduced two pro-life bill drafts in her state: one that would ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected (usually around six weeks gestation), and another which would prohibit the distribution of abortion drugs through the mail.
Noem had already blocked telemedicine abortions via executive order last year.
Today, as tens of thousands of pro-life Americans participate in the annual March for Life in Washington, DC, I am announcing two pro-life bills.
One will ban abortions once a child’s heartbeat
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