In 2005, South Dakota lawmakers passed two pieces of legislation that would make abortion illegal if the Supreme Court ever reversed Roe v. Wade. According to the law, based on the wording of the high court's ruling, abortion would become a Class 6 felony punishable by up to two years in prison and up to a $4,000 fine. The only exception to this would be cases where medical judgement deems an abortion to be necessary to save the life of the mother.
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Abortion Is Now Illegal In These States
Minutes after the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson dropped, Missouri became the first state to enact its trigger ban.
Abortion now illegal in South Dakota, as Supreme Court reversal triggers state law
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. Abortions are now a crime in South Dakota, after a Supreme Court ruling Friday, June 24, gave states latitude to go their own way on the matter, triggering a state ban. South Dakota is one of 13 states with what's known as a trigger law, a provision that bans voluntary terminations of a pregnancy under state law, if the state was released from the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision through which the Supreme Court legalized abo…
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- With the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade in the Dobbs v. Jackson decision, the state of abortion in South Dakota is about to change drastically.In 2005, South Dakota lawmakers passed two pieces of legislation that would make abortion illegal if the Supreme Court ever reversed Roe v. Wade. Now that that day has come, here's what could happen next.
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