South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem and Attorney General Marty Jackley have sent a letter to pharmacists (Jan. 24, 2023) reminding them about the illegality of abortions in the state, except those necessary to save the life of the mother.
The federal Food and Drug Administration recently declared that the federal government will permit chemical abortion drugs to be dispensed at all retail pharmacies.
Following the United States Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision in June 2022, states were once again allowed to make their own laws governing abortion. South Dakota had a trigger law on the books, passed in 2005, that made abortion illegal except to save the life of a pregnant mother.
At that time, Noem announced a new website Life.SD.gov. Its mission is “helping mothers and their babies before birth and after.”
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