Governor Noem Files Appeal Brief in Planned Parenthood v. Noem
PIERRE, S.D. – On Friday December 3, Governor Kristi Noem filed her appeal brief in the Planned Parenthood v. Noem litigation, which she has appealed to the United States 8th Circuit Court of Appeals.
“Following last week’s historic oral arguments in the Dobbs case, South Dakota is moving forward with our legal fight to protect unborn lives,” said Governor Kristi Noem. “I look forward to the day when all life – born and unborn – is protected by law, and this litigation will be helpful in achieving that ultimate goal.”
In September, Governor Kristi Noem retained attorney Jay Sekulow and the American Center for Law and Justice to join the State’s legal team in this litigation. Sekulow, an accomplished Supreme Court advocate, is Chief Counsel of the ACLJ, one of the most prestigious law firms in the country. Sekulow led President Donald J. Trump’s defense team in its impeachment acquittal in January 2020.
The District Court had previously enjoined the provision in South Dakota state law requiring that a pregnant woman consult with a pregnancy help center, ensuring that she had all facts available and that she was not being coerced into an abortion, before deciding whether to abort her unborn child. The State of South Dakota appeals the District Court ruling to ensure that women considering an abortion have all of the facts regarding their unborn child, the potential risks of an abortion procedure, and to ensure that the mother is not being coerced into an abortion.
You can download the brief here, as well as an addendum to the brief here.
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What about protecting born lives? Any interest in that?
Which lives are not being protected?
Adults that aren’t vaccinated.
I got covid and I am just fine. I love my natural immunity.
The State and my employer are not doctors.
Right, so the abortion issue should be between doctor and patient right?
No.
That falls under murder laws.
great idea: require a pregnant woman to consult with a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Guardian ad Litem (GAL) and a pediatrician who will represent the child’s medical interests.
Make her sit there while the CASA GAL and the pediatrician tell her what’s best for the child, because, you know, it’s a private matter between a patient and doctor.
Freedom
The Democrats have been more successful at pro-life issues than the Republicans.
The state has spent millions on legal costs trying to impose restrictions that the voters have rejected twice in state-wide elections but refuses to do things like expand Medicare health benefits. Politicians continue to not respect the will of the voters.
SD has a law that bans abortions as soon as Roe gets struck down in a few months.
Gosh if that happens the Republicans won’t have the abortion issue to raise money and win elections.
jad, somebody could craft an initiated measure, call it a “death with dignity” bill and promote it as compassionate end-of-life care, and the majority of South Dakota voters would vote “yes” on it without ever reading the part where it makes it legal to murder relatives, neighbors, annoying co-workers, homeless people; anybody somebody else decides has a poor quality of life. Really. They would vote for it based on what the TV ads said it was about, not what was in it.
It’s campaign season again. Watch these candidates exploit the unborn to feather their campaign war chests. If they were true pro-lifers they would donate their dark money to helping pregnant mothers in need instead of mailings and tv adds just to stay in control.