South Dakota governor and fellow Republicans take aim at abortion pills
2 years, 10 months ago

South Dakota governor and fellow Republicans take aim at abortion pills

LA Times  

Kristi Noem gives the State of the State address last month at the South Dakota state Capitol in Pierre. Kristi Noem’s proposal to make South Dakota one of the hardest places in the country to get abortion pills gained support Tuesday from Republicans in the state House, even though a federal judge has halted a similar rule from taking effect there. The bill would require women seeking an abortion to make three separate trips to a doctor in order to take abortion pills. Noem is not the only South Dakota politician taking aim at abortion pills. U.S. District Judge Karen Schreier, who was appointed under former President Bill Clinton, wrote in her order that the rule “likely imposes an undue burden on Planned Parenthood and its patients’ right to seek an abortion.” Noem has appealed Schreier’s order to a higher court.

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Abortion opponents shift focus to pills with lawsuits, proposed laws and possible federal action
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Abortion opponents shift focus to pills with lawsuits, proposed laws and possible federal action

Associated Press  

Opponents of abortion are increasingly focusing on restricting access to pills, which are the most common way to end a pregnancy in the U.S. This month, the Texas attorney general’s office filed a lawsuit against a New York doctor, saying she violated Texas law by prescribing abortion pills to a patient there via telemedicine. A survey conducted for the Society …

Abortion opponents shift focus to pills with lawsuits, proposed laws and possible federal action
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Abortion opponents shift focus to pills with lawsuits, proposed laws and possible federal action

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. This month, the Texas attorney general's office filed a …

South Dakota to Decide on Abortion Rights and Recreational Marijuana
2 months, 1 week ago

South Dakota to Decide on Abortion Rights and Recreational Marijuana

Associated Press  

South Dakota will hold a vote on Tuesday to decide whether to protect abortion rights and legalize recreational marijuana. The abortion rights measure would amend the state constitution to bar restrictions on terminating a pregnancy during its first 12 weeks. The recreational marijuana measure would legalize recreational use for those 21 and older, with up to 2 ounces in a …

The Catholic father-son duo fighting for abortion rights in South Dakota
2 months, 2 weeks ago

The Catholic father-son duo fighting for abortion rights in South Dakota

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. We all got together, drafted the amendment, filed it and started collecting signatures.” On …

In 'win for reproductive freedom,' North Dakota judge strikes down abortion ban
4 months ago

In 'win for reproductive freedom,' North Dakota judge strikes down abortion ban

Raw Story  

Two days after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump claimed that "every Democrat, every Republican, liberal, conservative" wanted the federal right to abortion care to be overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, a North Dakota judge became the latest on Thursday to strike down a state-level abortion ban, saying it violated residents' constitutional rights. Meetra Mehdizadeh, a staff attorney at CRR, …

North Dakota judge strikes down the state’s abortion ban
4 months ago

North Dakota judge strikes down the state’s abortion ban

LA Times  

A state judge struck down North Dakota’s ban on abortion Thursday, saying that the state constitution creates a fundamental right to access abortion before a fetus is viable. The judge acknowledged in his ruling that in the past, the North Dakota courts had relied on federal court precedents on abortion, but said those state precedents had been “upended” by the …

Abortion rights supporters in South Dakota blast state’s video of abortion laws
4 months, 1 week ago

Abortion rights supporters in South Dakota blast state’s video of abortion laws

Associated Press  

A newly released, state-produced video intended to help doctors comply with South Dakota’s strict abortion law isn’t specific enough to ensure health care professionals don’t violate the regulations and open themselves up for prosecution, a group of abortion rights supporters said Friday. The video notes that its collaborators included the health department, the state attorney general’s office, the American Association …

North Dakota judge will decide whether to throw out a challenge to the state’s abortion ban
5 months, 3 weeks ago

North Dakota judge will decide whether to throw out a challenge to the state’s abortion ban

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — Attorneys argued Tuesday over whether a North Dakota judge should toss a lawsuit challenging the state’s abortion ban, with the state saying the plaintiffs’ case rests on hypotheticals, and the plaintiffs saying key issues remain to be resolved at a scheduled trial. State District Judge Bruce Romanick said he will rule as quickly as he can, but …

Louisiana Legislature approves bill classifying abortion pills as controlled dangerous substances
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Louisiana Legislature approves bill classifying abortion pills as controlled dangerous substances

Associated Press  

— Two abortion-inducing drugs could soon be reclassified as controlled and dangerous substances in Louisiana under a first-of-its-kind bill that received final legislative passage Thursday and is expected to be signed into law by the governor. Supporters of the reclassification of mifepristone and misoprostol, commonly known as “abortion pills,” say it would protect expectant mothers from coerced abortions, though they …

Abortion rights initiatives make the ballot in South Dakota and Colorado
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Abortion rights initiatives make the ballot in South Dakota and Colorado

Associated Press  

Voters in Colorado and South Dakota will have a say on abortion rights this fall after enough signatures were collected to put measures on the ballots. South Dakota’s top election official announced Thursday that about 85% of the more than 55,000 signatures submitted in support of the ballot initiative are valid, exceeding the required 35,017 signatures. Voters of seven other …

Abortion rights initiatives make the ballot in Colorado and South Dakota
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Abortion rights initiatives make the ballot in Colorado and South Dakota

LA Times  

Colorado lawmakers pose for a photo with Gov. Abortion rights measures will appear on statewide ballots in Colorado and South Dakota this fall. Voters in Colorado and South Dakota will have a say on abortion rights this fall after enough signatures were collected to put measures on ballots in both states. Voters in seven other states have already approved abortion …

An abortion rights initiative in South Dakota receives enough signatures to make the ballot
8 months, 1 week ago

An abortion rights initiative in South Dakota receives enough signatures to make the ballot

Associated Press  

Supporters of a South Dakota abortion rights initiative submitted far more signatures than required Wednesday to make the ballot this fall. “Women that get raped, victims of incest, women carrying nonviable or problem pregnancies have zero options.” Weiland said the ballot measure is based on Roe v. Wade, which had established a nationwide right to abortion. The initiative would allow …

South Dakota Legislature ends session but draws division over upcoming abortion rights initiative
10 months, 1 week ago

South Dakota Legislature ends session but draws division over upcoming abortion rights initiative

Associated Press  

South Dakota’s Republican-led Legislature wrapped up on Thursday after about two months of work in a session that largely aligned with Gov. Lawmakers sent a $7.3 billion budget for fiscal 2025 to Noem, including 4% increases for the state’s “big three” funding priorities of K-12 education, health care providers and state employees. The Legislature also passed bills funding prison construction, …

South Dakota Republican lawmakers want clarity for the state’s abortion laws. They propose a video
10 months, 2 weeks ago

South Dakota Republican lawmakers want clarity for the state’s abortion laws. They propose a video

Associated Press  

— South Dakota’s Republican-controlled Legislature on Thursday approved the creation of a video to outline the state’s abortion laws and to clarify when health care providers are legally allowed to intervene. Republican Sen. Erin Tobin told a Senate panel on Wednesday that a video could be used by hospitals and health care systems “to review their policies and to educate …

Physicians, clinic ask judge to block enforcement of part of a North Dakota abortion law
1 year, 1 month ago

Physicians, clinic ask judge to block enforcement of part of a North Dakota abortion law

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — Physicians and the former, sole abortion provider in North Dakota on Tuesday asked a judge to block enforcement of part of a revised law that bans most abortions, saying a provision that allows the procedure to protect a woman’s health is too vague. North Dakota outlaws all abortions, except in cases where women could face death or …

North Dakota’s latest try at abortion ban could face lawsuit
1 year, 8 months ago

North Dakota’s latest try at abortion ban could face lawsuit

Associated Press  

North Dakota has become the latest state to ban abortion in most cases — again. But soon after last year’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health decision did just that, a judge said the blanket abortion ban could not be enforced while courts decided if it complies with the state constitution. The director of Red River Women’s Clinic, which sued over …

North Dakota governor signs law banning nearly all abortions
1 year, 8 months ago

North Dakota governor signs law banning nearly all abortions

Associated Press  

North Dakota on Monday adopted one of the strictest anti-abortion laws in the country as Republican Gov. Last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning the 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide has triggered multiple state laws banning or restricting the procedure. On the other side, Democratic governors in at least 20 states this year launched a network …

North Dakota governor signs law banning nearly all abortions
1 year, 8 months ago

North Dakota governor signs law banning nearly all abortions

LA Times  

Doug Burgum speaks at the state Capitol on April 10, 2020, in Bismarck, N.D. Burgum signed an abortion ban at six weeks of pregnancy — even in cases of rape or incest — into law on Monday. Last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning the 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide has triggered multiple state laws banning …

North Dakota bans nearly all abortions as governor signs law with slim exceptions of 6 weeks
1 year, 8 months ago

North Dakota bans nearly all abortions as governor signs law with slim exceptions of 6 weeks

India Today  

North Dakota on Monday adopted one of the strictest anti-abortion laws in the country as Republican Governor Doug Burgum signed legislation banning the procedure throughout pregnancy, with slim exceptions up to six weeks’ gestation. Last year’s US Supreme Court ruling overturning the 1973 Roe vs Wade decision that legalised abortion nationwide has triggered multiple state laws banning or restricting the …

Wyoming Governor signs measure prohibiting abortion pills
1 year, 9 months ago

Wyoming Governor signs measure prohibiting abortion pills

The Hindu  

Mark Gordon signed a bill on March 17 prohibiting abortion pills in the State and also allowed a separate measure restricting abortion to become law without his signature. The Republican governor’s decision comes after the issue of access to abortion pills took center stage this week in a Texas court. In a statement, Wyoming ACLU advocacy director Antonio Serrano criticized …

Democrats want clarity on North Dakota abortion law trigger
2 years, 5 months ago

Democrats want clarity on North Dakota abortion law trigger

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — Two North Dakota Democratic lawmakers on Monday called for an attorney general’s opinion on the state’s abortion restrictions, saying clarity in needed to ensure care is not denied in or delayed in emergency situations. The request to Attorney General Drew Wrigley comes after a North Dakota judge last week put on hold the state’s trigger law banning …

ND abortion clinic says Minnesota move won’t delay services
2 years, 5 months ago

ND abortion clinic says Minnesota move won’t delay services

Associated Press  

FARGO, N.D. — A judge’s ruling that will delay the closing of North Dakota’s lone abortion clinic should provide more than enough time to move the business to a neighboring city in Minnesota, the facility’s owner and operator said Thursday. In fact, Red River Women’s Clinic director Tammi Kromenaker said she was prepared to open shop in Moorhead, Minnesota, next …

Judge puts hold on North Dakota trigger law banning abortion
2 years, 5 months ago

Judge puts hold on North Dakota trigger law banning abortion

Associated Press  

FARGO, N.D. — A North Dakota judge on Wednesday put on hold the state’s trigger law banning abortion while a lawsuit moves forward that argues it violates the state constitution, ruling that the attorney general had prematurely calculated the date when the ban should take effect. Burleigh County District Judge Bruce Romanick sided with the state’s only abortion clinic, the …

GOP governors mulling 2024 run aren’t rushing abortion laws
2 years, 6 months ago

GOP governors mulling 2024 run aren’t rushing abortion laws

Associated Press  

Kristi Noem had pledged to “immediately” call a special legislative session to “guarantee that every unborn child has a right to life in South Dakota” if the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. However, as the abortion ban became reality last month, Noem kept her plans a secret besides saying “there is more work to do” and pledging “to …

GOP governors mulling 2024 run aren't rushing abortion laws
2 years, 6 months ago

GOP governors mulling 2024 run aren't rushing abortion laws

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. However, as the abortion ban became reality last month, Noem kept her plans a …

10-year-old rape victim forced to travel for abortion care underscores extreme post-Roe restrictions
2 years, 6 months ago

10-year-old rape victim forced to travel for abortion care underscores extreme post-Roe restrictions

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The case of a 10-year-old rape victim in Ohio, where …

Republican Governor Kristi Noem suggests child rape victims should be forced to endure pregnancy
2 years, 6 months ago

Republican Governor Kristi Noem suggests child rape victims should be forced to endure pregnancy

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Republican governor of South Dakota was pressed by CNN’s …

Medication abortion is common; here’s how it works
2 years, 6 months ago

Medication abortion is common; here’s how it works

Associated Press  

Medication abortions became the preferred method for ending pregnancy in the U.S. even before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. “In the short term, those states that ban abortion are going to assume that their bans also include medication abortion and that will be prohibited,” said Greer Donley, a professor specializing in reproductive health care at the University of …

US conservatives vow harsh restrictions to curtail abortion pills
2 years, 6 months ago

US conservatives vow harsh restrictions to curtail abortion pills

Al Jazeera  

The US Supreme Court struck down Roe v Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that enshrined the legal right to abortion in the United States in federal law, reversing nearly 50 years of precedent and inflaming a sharp ideological divide. With Roe struck down, anti-abortion rights groups are facing a “completely different landscape” that will give states the ability to “revisit” …

Clinics scramble to divert patients as states ban abortion
2 years, 6 months ago

Clinics scramble to divert patients as states ban abortion

Associated Press  

They call her, desperate, scared and often broke. “There’s a lot of misinformation.” In Missouri, where abortions were already severely restricted, a new ban took effect Friday that only allows the procedure in “cases of medical emergency.” Kansas City leaders are weighing a $300 stipend to help employees travel for an abortion. “It’s kind of an American nightmare that we’re …

North Dakota AG: Fargo abortion clinic must close July 28
2 years, 6 months ago

North Dakota AG: Fargo abortion clinic must close July 28

Associated Press  

FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota’s attorney general said Tuesday that the state’s sole abortion clinic will be forced to shut down at the end of July, at which time patients will likely head across the Red River to neighboring Moorhead, Minnesota. Attorney General Drew Wrigley told The Associated Press that the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last week that gives each …

SD gov: Bar abortion pills, but don’t punish women for them
2 years, 6 months ago

SD gov: Bar abortion pills, but don’t punish women for them

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — South Dakota’s Republican governor pledged on Sunday to bar mail-order abortion pills but said women should not face prosecution for seeking them. “I don’t believe there should be any punishment for women, ever, that are in a crisis situation or have an unplanned pregnancy.” At issue is mail-order or so-called telemedicine abortion pills, which have been on the …

Noem plans special session after abortion ban triggered
2 years, 6 months ago

Noem plans special session after abortion ban triggered

Associated Press  

— South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Friday announced plans for a special legislative session to bolster state law that triggered an immediate abortion ban after the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority overturned Roe v. Wade The state’s trigger law allows abortions only to save the life of a pregnant woman. “Today’s decision will save unborn lives in South Dakota, …

Some clinics halting abortions while bracing for Roe’s fall
2 years, 6 months ago

Some clinics halting abortions while bracing for Roe’s fall

Associated Press  

— Abortion providers in some places where the procedure could be banned if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade are bracing for a ruling by halting scheduling for the procedure, transitioning staff to help patients travel to other states and creating networks of clinics that will span across regions of the country. Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, which operates …

Next battle over access to abortion will focus on pills
2 years, 8 months ago

Next battle over access to abortion will focus on pills

Associated Press  

— It took two trips over state lines, navigating icy roads and a patchwork of state laws, for a 32-year-old South Dakota woman to get abortion pills last year. It’s going to be much harder for states to control abortion access,” she said, adding, “The question is how is it going to be enforced?” Abortion law experts say it’s an …

Next Battle Over Access To Abortion Will Focus On Pills
2 years, 8 months ago

Next Battle Over Access To Abortion Will Focus On Pills

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — It took two trips over state lines, navigating icy roads and a patchwork of state laws, for a 32-year-old South Dakota woman to get abortion pills last year. “That’s going to be the battleground that decides how enforceable abortion bans are.” Use of abortion pills has been rising in the U.S. since 2000 …

Abortion pills: A post-Roe game changer — and the next battleground
2 years, 8 months ago

Abortion pills: A post-Roe game changer — and the next battleground

LA Times  

Hundreds rally in downtown Los Angeles after news that the Supreme Court appears ready to overturn Roe vs. Wade. methods of unsafe abortion or methods that people might have used on their own in the 1960s.” But just as abortion rights supporters look to shore up access to medication abortion, antiabortion groups are focusing on enacting additional state restrictions on …

Overturning Roe would outlaw abortion in North Dakota
2 years, 8 months ago

Overturning Roe would outlaw abortion in North Dakota

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota has been poised for years to outlaw abortions if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns its landmark 1973 ruling that legalized the procedure. North Dakota is one of about a dozen states, including South Dakota, that have laws that would come into force if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, as a draft opinion …

South Dakota readies for state-lines abortion access fight
2 years, 8 months ago

South Dakota readies for state-lines abortion access fight

Associated Press  

— South Dakota’s anti-abortion lawmakers and the state’s only abortion provider are poised to turn their fight to accessing abortion over state lines if the U.S. Supreme Court follows through on a draft opinion that overturns the 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide. A decision to overrule Roe would trigger a 2005 law that outlaws abortions in …

Several states are proposing new restrictions on abortion pills
2 years, 9 months ago

Several states are proposing new restrictions on abortion pills

NPR  

Several states are proposing new restrictions on abortion pills As access to abortion in medical facilities becomes more limited across parts of the country, many patients are turning to abortion pills. A MARTINEZ, HOST: As access to abortion in medical facilities becomes more limited across parts of the country, many patients are turning to abortion pills. MCCAMMON: Agbebiyi says medication …

South Dakota lawmakers pass restrictive abortion pill laws
2 years, 10 months ago

South Dakota lawmakers pass restrictive abortion pill laws

Associated Press  

— The South Dakota Legislature on Wednesday passed a proposal from Gov. However, the bill contains language that stipulates most of it won’t take effect unless the state convinces a federal judge to lift a preliminary injunction against a similar rule Noem attempted to enact last year. The Food and Drug Administration last year permanently removed a major obstacle for …

Judge halts South Dakota Gov. Noem’s abortion pill rule
2 years, 10 months ago

Judge halts South Dakota Gov. Noem’s abortion pill rule

Associated Press  

— A federal judge temporarily halted a South Dakota rule from taking effect that would have made the state one of the hardest places in the U.S. to get abortion pills. Schreier, who was appointed under former President Bill Clinton, found that Planned Parenthood had shown the rule likely “imposes an undue burden on a person’s right to seek an …

South Dakota makes it harder for women to get abortion meds
2 years, 10 months ago

South Dakota makes it harder for women to get abortion meds

Associated Press  

— South Dakota lawmakers on Thursday approved Gov. Kristi Noem’s new rule for medical abortions that make the state one of the hardest places in the U.S. to get abortion pills. Currently, women seeking a medical abortion in South Dakota must visit a provider, wait 72 hours, then return to take the first drug, mifepristone. “How many women will be …

People In South Dakota Are Already Living In A Post-Roe World
2 years, 11 months ago

People In South Dakota Are Already Living In A Post-Roe World

Huff Post  

More likely than not, you’ll find Sarah Traxler in an airport terminal, staring at her watch and wondering “When is this plane getting here?” Traxler, an abortion provider, flies from her home state of Minnesota to South Dakota twice a month to provide care in the last abortion clinic left in the state, Planned Parenthood’s Sioux Falls health center. Although …

Injunction blocks South Dakota abortion pill restriction
2 years, 11 months ago

Injunction blocks South Dakota abortion pill restriction

Associated Press  

— A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction against a South Dakota rule that would make the state one of the hardest places in the U.S. to get abortion pills. Schreier, who was appointed under former President Bill Clinton, granted Planned Parenthood’s request for the injunction, writing that the rule “likely imposes an undue burden on Planned Parenthood and …

Gov. Noem’s abortion ban stifled by Republican lawmakers
2 years, 11 months ago

Gov. Noem’s abortion ban stifled by Republican lawmakers

Associated Press  

— A Republican-controlled South Dakota House committee declined Wednesday to consider a proposal from Gov. “They showed up late to the game last minute, even last hour type stuff and it didn’t pass,” said House Speaker Spencer Gosch, a Republican. “Simple as that.” Gosch said he shared Noem’s goal of banning all abortions but that the language she proposed would …

Noem unveils abortion ban, mimics Texas’ private enforcement
2 years, 11 months ago

Noem unveils abortion ban, mimics Texas’ private enforcement

Associated Press  

— South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Friday unveiled a proposal to ban nearly all abortions, mimicking a Texas law that leaves enforcement up to private citizens through lawsuits instead of through prosecutors and criminal charges. The law would prohibit abortions once medical professionals can detect fetal cardiac activity, which is usually around the sixth week and is before some …

South Dakota governor proposes stricter rules for medicine-induced abortions
3 years ago

South Dakota governor proposes stricter rules for medicine-induced abortions

LA Times  

Kristi Noem is pushing new rules for medicine-induced abortions that would be among the most restrictive in the country, but a legislative committee on Monday withheld its approval until it could get more information on the proposal. The state Department of Health’s proposed rule would add further requirements for women to get abortion pills, including that they visit a doctor …

South Dakota governor orders restrictions on abortion meds
3 years, 4 months ago

South Dakota governor orders restrictions on abortion meds

Associated Press  

— South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Tuesday issued an executive order to restrict access to abortion medication and make it clear that medicine-induced abortions fall within state law requiring an in-person consultation with a physician. South Dakota law already places that requirement on doctors, but the Republican governor’s order was made in anticipation that the Food and Drug Administration …

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