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Following the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe versus Wade giving power back to the states to make their own decisions on it,

just like they did for 185 years prior to Roe. One of the states at the heart of the story is South Dakota.

When that decision came down, reversing Roe and Casey, almost all abortions became illegal in South Dakota as they did in about a total of 13 states.

And the number will climb because there are trigger provisions saying in many, many other states that abortion will be outlawed there as well within 30 days or so.

The governor of South Dakota, Kristi Noam is unapologetically pro-life. She has repeatedly defended that position and she is also widely considered a potential presidential candidate for 2024 and she is our guest today.

The governor Noam, great to have you here. Congrats on your new book out today. Not my first rodeo lessons from the heartland. Excited for you and it's nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you to Megan. Thank you so much for inviting me to be on with you today. I appreciate it.

I think people who know you and like you are going to love the book and I think people who are just wanting to know you better really will because you're very open to the book about your hardships, your challenges, who you were as a person and a young woman before you ever thought about running for office.

I have to tell you my first takeaway when I read it was, I mean, I'm sure you've heard this, but it reminds me a little bit of like Yellowstone, the show Yellowstone just kind of how you grew up.

Yeah, people have said that before. They've said, is that governor and Yellowstone modeled after you and I'm like, no, I'm pretty sure it's not, but it does.

It's amazing to me at the first few times I watch that show how much of it felt like life in South Dakota. I mean, it really is. Good people work hard. Some of the same challenges, but not quite as much killing and probably not quite that much sex.

They were having the first season. So I was going to say it's a good.

I'm sure you enjoyed it. I assume your family wasn't running around killing everybody and yeah, the nakedness was a lot.

It was a lot.

Alright, we'll get it all out a minute, but let's start with the news of the day before we go to your back story and your book and so on.

And that's of course what's happening in reaction to Roe versus weight.

Now, the left is taking this to so many catastrophic places. I mean, you that you would really think that it's been outlawed in all 50 states under all circumstances.

That's not the case, but as I said in the intro, you are unapologetically, unapologetically pro life and have had a provision in South Dakota saying, as soon as the overturned Roe and Casey in your state, abortion will be banned in all cases except when necessary to save the life of the mother.

So what's a you to those who are now criticizing that as to narrow what about rape and incest and to cold to the plight of let's say a young girl who finds herself the victim of incest and sadly pregnant thereafter.

Well, the trigger law in South Dakota was passed back in 2005. So it was quite a number of years ago and what it said was that if Roe was ever overturned at the federal level that in the state of South Dakota, all abortions would be illegal except to save the life of the mother.

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