South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem doubled-down Sunday on her state’s anti-abortion laws when asked about a 10-year-old girl who reportedly got pregnant after being raped.
Noem, after noting that abortion is illegal in South Dakota except to save the life of the mother, went on to say, “It’s a tragic situation that the young girl was raped and put into that situation.”
South Dakota is among a handful of states in which trigger laws immediately went into effect banning abortion after the Supreme Court’s decision last month overturning the 1973 landmark case Roe v. Wade.
An exchange between Noem and CNN’s Dana Bash began when the cable TV host asked the governor about a report in the Indianapolis Star on Saturday. The outlet said a 10-year-old in Ohio who is six weeks and three days pregnant has to travel to Indiana for an abortion because she can’t get one in Ohio, where the procedure is illegal after six weeks.
An abortion ban in Indiana has yet to take effect.
“Because there also is a trigger law in South Dakota that was passed before you became governor, I wanted you to be clear: Will the state of South Dakota going forward force a 10-year-old in that very same situation to have a baby?” Bash asked Noem.
The Republican pol replied, “You know what I think is incredible, Dana, in this tragic story?
“What’s incredible is that nobody’s talking about the pervert, the horrible and deranged individual, that raped a 10-year-old,” Noem said. “What are we doing about those individuals that do this to these children?”
Bash said she agreed with Noem’s comments about the rapist but added, “Our bodies are our bodies, and women are the ones who get pregnant.
“And, in this case, it wasn’t a woman. It was a girl,” Bash said.
Noem said, “It’s a child. It’s a child.”
Bash asked if the girl should have to have a “child.”
Noem replied, “Every single life, every single life is precious.
“This tragedy is horrific. I can’t even imagine. I have never had anybody in my family or myself gone through anything like this.”
After several minutes of back-and-forth about South Dakota’s law, Bash asked Noem if she would work to include an exception to reflect the case of the 10-year-old.
“In South Dakota, the law today is that the abortions are illegal, except to save the life of the mother,” Noem said.
Bash pressed, “And you would be OK with that, a 10-year-old girl having to have a baby?”
Noem said the story would “keep me up at night” and breaks her heart as a mother and a grandmother.
“What I would say is, I don’t believe a tragic situation should be perpetuated by another tragedy. And so there’s more that we have got to do to make sure that we really are living a life that says every life is precious, especially innocent lives that have been shattered, like that 10-year-old girl,” Noem said.
The Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade on June 24, saying the states should be the ones to decide whether to restrict or ban the procedure.
There are no 10 y.o. pregnant rape victims. If there were it would be a special situation. Tired of idiots and their hypothetical idiotic questions.
I guess you can’t read.The girl was raped at 10 yrs old.What part is too hard to figure out?
I agree with gov. Norm. Every life is precious and should not be brutally murdered. The rapist is the one that should get the death penalty not the innocent baby. The left side of our government has everything backwards. They should be ashamed of themselves. To put money and sin ahead of a live, living baby that has done nothing wrong.
I agree. It is tragic, but another killing won’t help. Whether the young girl gives birth or has an abortion she is going to suffer. At least if she has the baby she won’t have guilt of an abortion, of killing her own child, on her mind forever, Either way she will need counseling and a strong support system. I agree the rapist needs a strong sentence; plus once in jail there will be plenty of guys who will make him pay.
Religion, or personal beliefs, aside..
A 10 yo is too young to properly raise another human. Imagine her not having that “support team” we all hope she has in place for a birth, adoption or an abortion. The financial and long term impact of a birth on a 10yo body versus an abortion that she can safely recover from and continue to have children in the future, is on the extreme sides of the spectrum. Our answer to this situation is not a one size fits all, just like our punishments in our judicial system. I wonder why the parents and 10 yo child aren’t able to make this decision for themselves. An abortion will have no impact on anyone, but them. Whereas, a birth will impact several people (to include tax payers). And I wonder how a state can uphold a reversal of an abortion option, knowing these individuals can simply go to another state. Seems pretty.
Abortion should be legal up yo the 2nd trimester for cases involving rape, incest and medical conditions, there should be a longer period for the mothers health. This is a reasonable and fair proposal nationally. After this each state should define their own parameters. The abortionist have pushed the envelope with no thought for the baby. They have forced the issue with ridiculous arguments and half truths, the country is just saying enough already.
The dem terrorists don’t give a rats ass about your body. They want babies killed for their population control. Why do you think they created and used Covid and now their deadly vaccine to kill millions. They think the sick and the elderly should die at the age of 75. They are vile perverted animals obsesses with power and money and will do anything to get it. They are the worse kind of terrorists and need to be removed.
You Really Need A mental institution. your insane.
Remember your HERO. Dummy Trump Was A Democrat his WHOLE LIFE until They Would Not Let him run & laughed at Him , then he Flipped Sides But Other then Abortion He Hasn’t Changed His Mind or Policy On Anything From When he was A Democrat (except Now He Can Not Hire Illegals for pennies on the dollar Like he Used too) he Even Stopped The Greatest & Only Good thing Ronald Reagan started He Ended Free Trade with Democrats Favorite Worthless Attempt to control stuff With tariffs which are Just Screwing Americans.
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seems to be or think they are reasonably smart and well informed. Name calling aside, are you better off today than 2 years ago? Can you still buy gas at the same price or has yours gone up too? Is there less crime now? Is inflation cutting the value of our dollars now? Honestly answer those questions and then decide who ran the country better. November will give us an early view of how the majority of Americans feel, assuming we only vote and only real legal voters are given the ballots. And if you are saving for retirement, how are your investments doing?
Big news, the liberal shit sheet that first put this story out cannot confirm i, another faske news storyh so the Democrats can push their agenda. These papers and news organizations should be sued out of existence.