Several American states have already announced that they are taking measures to ban voluntary terminations of pregnancy on their territory, in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision on Friday which revoked the federal right to abortion.
Missouri’s attorney general announced on Friday that this conservative state in the central United States had become the “first” to ban abortion.
“Today is a monumental day for the sanctity of life,” Eric Schmitt tweeted alongside an image of him ratifying the bill that “truly” ends abortion in Missouri. The state only had one clinic for such an operation.
For their part, California, Oregon and the State of Washington have jointly committed to defending the right to abortion.
“Trigger law”
South Dakota Republican Governor Kristi Noem announced that abortion was now illegal in the northern state under a so-called “zombie” or “trigger” law that was drafted in in advance, to come into force automatically in the event of a change in jurisprudence at the Supreme Court.
« South Dakota’s trigger law […] specifies that effective immediately, all abortions are illegal in South Dakota “unless reasonable and proper medical judgment determines that an abortion is necessary to preserve the life of the pregnant woman,” states the press release.
The Republican governor also announced in a statement the holding of a special session of the state legislature “later this year”, “to save lives and help mothers affected by the decision” of the Supreme Court. .
Shortly after, the Republican governor of Indiana announced that he would convene the legislature of this other state in the north of the United States to pronounce the ban on abortion as quickly 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 it as soon as possible in Indiana, ”said Governor Eric Holcomb on Twitter, adding that he called the general assembly of the state for July 6.
“We have an opportunity to make progress in protecting the sanctity of life, and that’s exactly what we’re going to do,” Eric Holcomb said.