It's an invasion of privacy for any state to know what type of medical treatment/medications a person may be taking. We need federal legislation that allows citizens to purchase medications via mail that supersedes any state or local laws. Any FDA approved medications should be strictly between a patient and their doctor, the state should have no say period.
These trump loving cultists like Noem need to stay out of people's medical treatments. This is the same lady who had a sculpture of Mount Rushmore made with trumps head in it which simply proves that she's Nutz...
By STEPHEN M. LEPORE FOR MAILONLINE and ASSOCIATED PRESS
A week after the signing of Texas' 'heartbeat' law, South Dakota gave its own blows to abortion rights in the state.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem issued an executive order Tuesday to restrict access to abortion medication and make it clear that medicine-induced abortions fall within state law requiring an in-person consultation with a physician.
Noem is directing her state's department of health to create rules that make it impossible to get abortion-inducing drugs without the prescription of a state-licensed doctor after an in-person consultation.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem issued an executive order Tuesday to restrict access to abortion medication and make it clear that medicine-induced abortions fall within state law requiring an in-person consultation with a physician
The law is being done in anticipation of the Food and Drug Administration's likely move to allow such medications to be dispensed via mail or virtual pharmacies beginning later this year.
Noem charged that the Biden administration was moving to leverage telemedicine abortions to undermine state laws and make it easier to have an abortion.
Access to abortion medication has become a pressing issue after last week the Texas law took effect, as it banned abortions once medical professionals can detect cardiac activity, usually around six weeks and before many women know they´re pregnant.
About 39% of abortions in South Dakota last year were done through medication, according to the state health department.
The law is being done in anticipation of the Food and Drug Administration's likely move to allow such medications to be dispensed via mail or virtual pharmacies
There is only one abortion clinic in South Dakota the regularly performs the procedure.
Janna Farley, communications director for the South Dakota chapter of the ACLU, called Noem's executive order unconstitutional.
'Having an abortion is a private medical decision, one that is protected under the U.S. Constitution, and it´s disappointing that Gov. Noem continues to insert herself into the patient-doctor relationship,' said Farley. 'It´s clear that the attacks on our abortion rights are not letting up in South Dakota.'
Noem charged that the Biden administration was moving to leverage telemedicine abortions to undermine state laws and make it easier to have an abortion
Opponents of bans on telemedicine abortions say the method is safe, and outlawing them would have a disproportionate effect on rural residents who face long drives to the nearest abortion clinic.
Noem argues in her order that medicine-induced abortions can be life-threatening and that she made the order in the interest of women's health and safety.
Doctors are already mandated by law to meet with a pregnant woman and perform an examination before scheduling a surgical or medical abortion.
Women are required to wait 72 hours before the procedure.
There is only one abortion clinic in South Dakota the regularly performs the procedure
The law also requires abortions after the 12th week of pregnancy to be performed in a hospital and outlaws abortions entirely after the 22nd week of pregnancy unless it is a medical emergency.
Noem's order blocks the drugs from being delivered through the mail or other delivery services and outlaws the drugs from being provided in schools or on state property.
It also requires licenses for any clinics that only prescribe medicine for abortions and require more stringent reporting on medicine-induced abortions and any health complications related to them.
Similar restrictions, such as an Ohio law that was passed this year, have been blocked by courts from taking effect.
Abbott signed the new law which exposes abortion providers to financial penalties if they perform abortions beyond six weeks of pregnancy.
In response to the Texas law taking effect last week, President Joe Biden has vowed to look at 'what steps the federal government can take to ensure that women in Texas have access to safe and legal abortions.'
The new law provides medical exemptions to save the life of the mother, but does not provide exemptions for rape or incest, a stance Abbott defended when a reporter asked why the state would 'force' victims of heinous sex crimes like rape and incest to give birth.
'It doesn't require that at all, because obviously it provides at least six weeks for a person to be able to get an abortion, so for one it doesn't provide that,' Abbott replied.
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