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    Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference

    South Dakota AG, Gov. Threaten Felony Charges for Pharmacists Prescribing Abortion Pills

    One critic said Republican Gov. Kristi Noem is "stopping at nothing until every woman in South Dakota is forced to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term."

    Jessica Corbett
    Jan 24, 2023

    South Dakota's Republican governor and attorney general on Tuesday issued a threatening letter directed at the state's pharmacists in response to a recent move by the Biden administration to ease restrictions on dispensing abortion pills amid the GOP's nationwide assault on reproductive freedom.

    Gov. Kristi Noem and AG Marty Jackley's letter begins by noting that after Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that reversed Roe v. Wade last year, abortion became illegal in South Dakota except to save the life of the pregnant person. It's one of 14 states where abortions are now largely unavailable.

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    Mifepristone and Misoprostol,

    'Much-Welcome Step': FDA Rule Change Will Let Retail Pharmacies Offer Abortion Pills

    "This is the most important government action today and it didn't involve Kevin McCarthy," said one journalist.

    Jake Johnson
    Jan 04, 2023

    The Food and Drug Administration late Tuesday formalized a regulatory change that will allow retail pharmacies in the U.S. to dispense abortion pills for the first time, removing a major barrier to access as Republican lawmakers wage all-out war on abortion throughout the country.

    Prior to the newly finalized change, the provision of mifepristone was heavily restricted, with only certified doctors or clinics allowed to offer the drug—one of two medications that can be taken in tandem to induce an abortion. In 2020, medication abortion accounted for more than half of all abortions in the U.S.

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