The key abortion surrogate, who shared her story for the Harris campaign and sued Texas over its abortion ban, is considering her next moves: “I think my role will continue to evolve.”
The department has vast power to influence an array of areas, including disease prevention and monitoring, LGBTQ+ health access and reproductive health.
The election results in Florida and Nevada affirm that voters do not see their support of abortion rights at odds with their support of Donald Trump, who has bragged about overturning Roe v. Wade.
Gaetz would lead the Department of Justice, which last year declined to bring charges against him in a sex trafficking investigation.
A second Trump presidency and mixed results in abortion ballot measures and state supreme court races suggest access will grow more unequal in the United States.
It still needs to pass in another election before going into effect.
The decision could reverse the state’s near-total ban on the procedure.
Abortion is currently banned in South Dakota with minimal exceptions.
The measure protects against discrimination based on “ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, and sex, including sexual orientation, gender identity and pregnancy.”
The state had two competing measures on abortion. If both were approved, the one with more votes would pass.