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https://nypost.com/2022/06/26/south-dakota-will-prosecute-abortion-docs-and-restrict-access-to-pills-gov-noem/

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Sunday said her state will prosecute doctors who perform abortions and will work to restrict womens access to abortion pills. South Dakota is among 10 states with trigger laws that declared abortion a criminal offense immediately upon the US Supreme Courts decision Friday to strike down the 1973 Roe v. Wade case that established a womens right to have the procedure. Noem, a Republican, said South Dakota will prosecute doctors, not women, who violate its law. Well continue to have those debates on how we can support these mothers and what it means to really make sure we are not prosecuting mothers ever in a situation like this, Noem said on CBS News Face the Nation. [Prosecution] will always be focused toward those doctors who knowingly break the law to perform abortions in our state. The Supreme Court ruling in a Mississippi case banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy struck down Roe v. Wade, allowing individual states to prohibit the practice or put restrictions on it.

In South Dakota, all abortions are illegal except if deemed necessary to save the mothers life. There are no other exceptions, including for rape or incest. CBSs Margaret Brennan asked Noem if South Dakota also plans to restrict access to abortion pills, pointing out that Attorney General Merrick Garland warned states about preventing women from receiving the medication, which has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Noem said South Dakotas state legislature doesnt believe that such telemedicine abortion should be available because it is a dangerous situation for those individuals without being medically supervised by a physician. Brennan asked if South Dakota would overrule the FDA and decide which drugs state residents can receive. Many of those decisions are made at the state level, they absolutely are. Thats what states do, Noem said.