NEW: A federal judge has temporarily blocked South Dakota's new abortion pill restrictions from taking effect, saying it 'imposes an undue burden on a person's right to seek an abortion.'
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaking at a summit in Iowa in July 2021. Photo: Rachel Mummey/Bloomberg via Getty Images
A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily halted a South Dakota executive order from taking effect that would have placed new restrictions on abortion medications.U.S. District Judge Karen Schreier granted Planned Parenthood's request for a suspension against Republican Gov. Kristi Noem's order, saying it “imposes an undue burden on a person’s right to seek an abortion.
It would have also required facility staff to inform the person receiving the abortion that it is possible to stop the process from occurring after the medicine was administered.because "we have a duty to protect the lives of those women" and that she looked "forward to the day when the life of every unborn child is protected in South Dakota."
Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers argue that requiring a person to visit a clinic for three separate appointments to access the medicine constituted an undue burden on their right to seek an abortion.
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