South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s response to 10-year-old Ohio girl pregnant after being raped

A ten-year-old rape sufferer who’s simply over six weeks pregnant will journey to Indiana for an abortion as a result of it is unlawful in Ohio.

The tragic story, first reported by the Indy Star, was the subject of dialog Sunday morning on CNN’s State of the Union broadcast when South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem was a visitor. 

“Will South Dakota going ahead drive a 10-year-old in that exact same state of affairs to have a child?” requested CNN anchor Dana Bash. 

Noem deflected, turning consideration away from the kid to the rapist, all whereas finally making it clear {that a} 10-year-old in the identical state of affairs in South Dakota would certainly be banned from in-state abortion until her life was at risk. 

“What’s unbelievable is that no person is speaking concerning the pervert, horrible and deranged person who raped a 10-year-old. What are we doing about that? What are we doing about these people that do that to those youngsters?” Noem responded. “As a lot as we speak about what we are able to do for that little lady, I believe we additionally should be addressing these sick people that do that to our youngsters.”

After acknowledging that she will’t think about what the 10-year-old or her household goes by way of as a result of “I’ve by no means had anyone in my household or myself gone by way of something like this,” Noem famous that abortions are unlawful in South Dakota until to save lots of the lifetime of the mom. 

“And you would be OK with that, a 10-year-old lady having to have a child?” Bash requested. 

“No. I am by no means OK with that. In actual fact, that story will preserve me up at evening. It completely will. It breaks my coronary heart. I am a mom. I am a grandmother. I’ve acquired a 1-year-old little granddaughter,” Noem mentioned. “I am unable to even think about. What I might say is I do not consider a tragic state of affairs needs to be perpetuated by one other tragedy. There’s extra that we have got to do to ensure that we actually reside a life that claims each life is valuable, particularly harmless lives which have been shattered like that 10-year-old lady.”

South Dakota was amongst a handful of states with set off legal guidelines that banned abortion instantly after Roe v. Wade was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Courtroom final month. 

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed an govt order a day after the SCOTUS choice that gives safety to out-of-staters who come to Minnesota for a authorized abortion – and that goes for anybody of any age no matter how they turned pregnant.