Noem defends no exception for rape, incest in South Dakota trigger law: No reason for 'another tragedy' to occur

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Noem defends no exception for rape, incest in South Dakota trigger law: No reason for 'another tragedy' to occur
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In an interview with 'Face the Nation', in the cases of rape or incest, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem does not believe one tragedy is 'a reason to have another tragedy occur.'

with so-called"trigger laws" on the books, in which abortion would be outlawed immediately or soon after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision that established the constitutional right an abortion.

The court's decision made clear that the issue of abortion is one that will now be decided by elected officials in the states, but it also has set the stage for future legal fights about whether states can "It's something that should be under the supervision of a medical doctor and it is something in South Dakota that we've made sure happens that way," she said."There are certain protections that are guarded under the Constitution of the United States. The rest of these items are left to the states, the 10th Amendment guarantees us that."

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