Noem defends no exception for rape, incest in South Dakota trigger law
Source: CBS News
Washington South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Sunday defended her state's abortion trigger law that took effect after the Supreme Court's decision to strip away the constitutional right to an abortion. She said in an interview with "Face the Nation" that in the cases of rape or incest, she does not believe one tragedy is "a reason to have another tragedy occur."
"I believe every life is precious ... And we know so much more using technology and science than we did even 10, 15 years ago about what these babies go through the pain that they feel in the womb and will continue to make sure that those lives are protected," Noem said. "And I just have never believed that having a tragedy or tragic situation happened to someone is a reason to have another tragedy occur."
South Dakota is one of 13 states 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 high court's ruling Friday striking down Roe in a case involving a Mississippi law banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy put those laws into effect. South Dakota's measure, signed into law in 2005, prohibits the performance of abortions, except to save the life of the mother, and bans anyone from prescribing a woman drugs that induce an abortion. The law is "effective on the date that the states are recognized by the United States Supreme Court to have the authority to regulate or prohibit abortion at all stages of pregnancy."
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I believe you're precious too Noem but not in a good way.
TwilightZone
(25,485 posts)The second tragedy you're talking about, Kristi, is forcing a rape victim to carry a baby to term.
There's a third tragedy - when you, Kristi, stop giving a shit about the baby as soon as it's born.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)Medicaid and so on PROVES IT
Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)ancianita
(36,137 posts)bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)Raped by the criminal and raped by the state.
mpcamb
(2,878 posts)rockfordfile
(8,704 posts)SunSeeker
(51,726 posts)But every woman and girl is precious, and the quality of their lives is much more precious than any blastocyst. Fuck you, Noem.
Phoenix61
(17,019 posts)The Unmitigated Gall
(3,835 posts)paleotn
(17,989 posts)KarenS
(4,087 posts)Did no one listen to their speeches or read their platforms? Or did they lie?
jmowreader
(50,565 posts)A lot of people LIKE politicians who will punish people for not being just like them.
ananda
(28,877 posts)...
Traildogbob
(8,827 posts)Is precious ass hole. Except the ones that get decapitated with your precious weapons of war. Shut the fuck up.
SammyBrown
(22 posts)Such hypocrisy!
Maraya1969
(22,505 posts)"Maybe it is time for the real development of Native reservations since they are sovereign land and open up medical facilities as well as dispensaries. They could end up being very profitable! Which could help them immensely."
Are these medical facilities regulated by the US government or are they separate?
Mysterian
(4,595 posts)If the American people ask for more of this, they will end up in a country like Iran. Scum evangelists as our ayatollahs.
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Ziggysmom
(3,416 posts)elsewhere. Isn't that SOCIALISM repug Barbie?
Freddie
(9,275 posts)Oh wait, thats just for criminals! Cruel and unusual punishment for crime VICTIMS is perfectly fine! 🤬
Solly Mack
(90,787 posts)to raise their children who are also their half-sisters, who are also their double second-cousins as well as first cousins. As well as their twice over nieces and nephews.
When your family tree is a stick, incest and rape are your traditional family values.
iluvtennis
(19,876 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,311 posts)What a brainless tool
catbyte
(34,458 posts)which infuriates me to no end. How many living, breathing South Dakotans did she kill with her anti-Covid mandates bullshit and refusal to support children in her state? She can just go fuck herself.
Sorry for all the swearing but rational thought fails me in the face of such despicable hypocrisy and judgemental mean-spiritedness.
NullTuples
(6,017 posts)machoneman
(4,011 posts)erronis
(15,355 posts)One of the most powerful SF articles about a dystopian time - not far off.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash#Dentata
From Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson.
Published by Bantam in 1992
Additional resources -
Legends and stories surrounding the vaginus dentata or "toothed vagina" have been around for centuries in cultures all over the world. In the Middle Ages, some Christians believed that witches could grow fangs in their vaginas. (Although very rare, teeth can actually be found in vaginas; dermoid cysts are formed from the outer layer of embryonic skin cells, and these cells are able to mature into teeth.) The term vagina dentata was created by Sigmund Freud as a part of his theories concerning castration anxiety.
JCMach1
(27,574 posts)Lil Liberal Laura
(228 posts)NickB79
(19,274 posts)Also imagine it was a family member who raped her.
How. The. Fuck. Do you defend this?
keithbvadu2
(36,937 posts)roamer65
(36,747 posts)We are going to Minnesota.
Historic NY
(37,453 posts)Drugs sent by US Mail. Drugs approved by the FDA.
roamer65
(36,747 posts)Quanto Magnus
(899 posts)call out Republicans for what they are
Pro Rapist
The GQP (Pro Rapist party) is trying to turn the clocks back to the 50's
The GQP (Pro Rapist party) is for Putin...
etc...