A Republican-controlled South Dakota House committee has declined to consider a bill from Gov. Kristi Noem aimed at banning nearly all abortions. It deals a major blow to a top item on the governor’s agenda.
FILE - South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem gives the State of the State address on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, at the South Dakota State Capitol in Pierre, S.D. A Republican-controlled South Dakota House committee declined Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, to consider a proposal from Noem aimed at banning nearly all abortions, stifling a top item on the governor's agenda.
But it quickly met resistance when groups opposed to abortion access raised issues over her bill draft and Republican lawmakers on the House State Affairs committee declined to give it a hearing — a move rarely seen in the Legislature that signaled defiance of the governor. “We were not in support of the governor’s original draft language,” said Dale Bartscher, the director of South Dakota Right to Life.
The House committee’s move gave the governor’s office just hours to find a legislator or committee willing to carry the bill, though it could also be brought before lawmakers later in the session through other maneuvers.
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