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.
It’s important for getting these laws struck down or voted out. Having no rape or incest exception is massively unpopular (75% oppose even in red states). But allowing an exception undermines their justification for making abortion illegal. You can’t have an exception and make the arguement that fetuses have personhood and therefore equal rights to the mother. Pressing on this issue makes a lose/lose situation for Republicans. They either lose at the ballot box or lose in the courts.