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GoP leaders blame doctors and misinformation for the confusion

in this Jan. 8, 2019 photo, south Dakota state legislators listen while Gov. Kristi noem delivers the state of the state address at the state capitol in Pierre, s.D.
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By KiMBerLee KrUesi pregnant women in need. provide more clarity about passed last month and is abortion industry.”
associated Press Instead, GOP leaders ac- when abortions can be le- now awaiting the signature “South Dakota is showing
nasHViLLe, Tenn. (aP) — cuse abortion rights ad- gally performed. of Republican Gov. Kristi the rest of the nation how
In Republican-led states vocates of deliberately The Republican-controlled Noem, who has indicated to protect women’s lives
across the U.S., conserva- spreading misinformation South Dakota Legislature she will sign it. from the misinformation sur-
tive legislators are refus- and doctors of intention- wants to create a video in The first-in-the-nation idea is rounding abortion laws,”
ing to reevaluate abortion ally denying services in an which medical experts — wholeheartedly supported said the organization’s pub-
bans — even as doctors effort to undercut the bans and the state’s attorneys by SBA Pro-Life, one of the lic affairs director in South
and patients insist the laws’ and make a political point. — would explain to doctors country’s largest anti-abor- Dakota, Kelsey Pritchard.
exceptions are danger- At the same time, how- and patients when abor- tion groups, which says the
ously unclear, resulting in ever, some states are tak- tions can be legally per- video will help to combat Continued on Page 2
denied treatment to some ing steps that they say will formed. The measure was “confusion caused by the