South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem took a page out of the Lone Star state's playbook this week, proposing a bill modeled after a controversial Texas measure that would ban nearly all abortions.
It's not exactly a surprise: Noem has been talking about such a proposal for weeks. The law, if passed, would bar women from obtaining an abortion after fetal cardiac activity begins, which amounts to roughly six weeks — often before someone knows they are pregnant.
