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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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    U.S. Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) leaves a processing area after being arrested in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on July 19, 2022 in Washington, D.C.

    'We Can't Back Down': Congresswomen Share Their Abortion Stories on Roe Anniversary

    "I had been told without an immediate abortion, or dilation and evacuation, that my life was at risk," said Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez. "I got the care I needed, and now I'm the mother of my 17-month-old son."

    Jessica Corbett
    Jan 23, 2023

    As thousands of people gathered at pro-choice rallies across the United States, multiple congresswomen marked the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade on Sunday by sharing their own experiences with abortion care and renewing calls to protect reproductive rights in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court reversing its landmark ruling.

    "I'm one of the 1 in 4 women in America who has had an abortion. Terminating my pregnancy was not an easy choice, but more importantly, it was MY choice," tweeted Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, who has previously shared her story in a New York Times opinion piece and during a House hearing.

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    Pro-abortion rights demonstrators gather outside a Planned Parenthood clinic

    'A Win for Freedom': South Carolina Supreme Court Permanently Blocks Abortion Ban

    "These radical bans have wreaked havoc across the South and Midwest, but today's decision means that the right to make deeply personal healthcare decisions will remain protected in South Carolina," said one advocate.

    Jessica Corbett
    Jan 05, 2023

    Reproductive rights supporters in South Carolina and across the country celebrated Thursday once the state Supreme Court permanently struck down a law banning abortion after around six weeks, or before many people even know they are pregnant.

    Senate Bill 1 had been blocked in the federal court system—until June, when the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision reversed its Roe v. Wade ruling that had affirmed abortion rights nationwide for a half-century.

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