(Pierre, SD) — Governor Kristi Noem is enacting several abortion restrictions. Noem signed two anti-abortion bills into law yesterday, with one restricting medical abortions through telemedicine and requiring the administration of abortion pills in-person at an abortion facility. The other new law makes it illegal to threaten or coerce an abortion and establishes the offense as a felony with a statute of limitation of seven years or until the victim reaches 25. Noem says the bills are protections for mothers as well as unborn children.
Noem Signs Abortion Restrictions Into Law
