With the abortion debate mostly deadlocked in Washington, the focus is shifting to the states, which are convening their first full legislative sessions since Roe v. Wade was overturned.
South Dakota needs to focus "on taking care of mothers in crisis and getting them the resources that they need for both them and their child to be successful."
"Part of the issue right now is that doctors and providers just don’t know what that line is," said stateRehfeldt wants to reinstatethat allows abortions for pregnancies that could cause serious, irreversible physical harm to a "major bodily function." Rehfeldt said she is also working on bills to allow abortions for people carrying nonviable fetuses, or who became pregnant after rape or incest.
Republican leaders, however, are biding their time while Georgia’s high court weighs a legal challenge of the six-week ban. Abortion rights lawmakers and advocates have few options to advance their initiatives in these Republican-controlled statehouses.
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