Several states in the United States have already announced measures to prohibit the voluntary interruption of pregnancy in their territoryafter the Supreme Court revoked this Friday the right to abortion.
(Also read: Abortion in the United States: Supreme Court repeals decriminalization)
The attorney general of Missouri announced this Friday that this conservative state in the center of the United States became the “first” to ban voluntary interruptions of pregnancy following the decision of the Supreme Court, which revoked the right to abortion.
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“Missouri just became the first in the country to effectively end abortion,” said state Attorney General Eric Schmitt on Twitter. “This is a monumental day for the sanctity of life.”
South Dakota Republican Governor Kristi Noem also announced that abortion becomes illegal in that northern state of the countryunder a so-called “zombie” law that was drafted a while ago to go into effect automatically if the Supreme Court changed the case law.
🚨BREAKING: With the Dobbs decision just handed down and a stroke of my pen — Missouri became the first state to effectively end abortion and has become the most Pro Life state in America. pic.twitter.com/8asHJKMIdo
—Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) June 24, 2022
This law “specifies that, as of today, all abortions are illegal in South Dakota ‘unless a reasonable and proper medical decision establishes that an abortion is necessary to preserve the life of the pregnant woman,'” it states in a release.
Shortly after, the Republican governor of Indiana announced that he would convene the legislature of his state, also in the north of the United States, to rule on the ban on abortion as soon as possible.
“The Supreme Court’s decision is clear, and it is now up to the states to address this important issue. We will do so ASAP in Indiana,” Gov. Eric Holcomb said on Twitter, adding that he has called the state general assembly to on July 6.
“We have an opportunity to make progress in protecting the sanctity of life, and that is exactly what we are going to do,” he said.
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*With information from EFE and AFP
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