Posted on 03/24/2005 5:25:28 AM PST by marshmallow
Pierre, South Dakota, Mar. 23 (LifesiteNews.com/CWN) - South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds signed four new bills into law Thursday, including one measure mandating that doctors tell the mother that when aborting her child, a human life ends. The bill stipulates that a doctor must inform the mother in writing and in person, no later than two hours before the abortion, that abortion ends the life of her baby, and "terminates the constitutional relationship women have with their fetuses."
Among the three other bills is one that mandates, in the event that the US Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade , abortion become immediately illegal in that state, listed as a felony with a maximum of two years in prison for an offense.
The third bill, sponsored by Sen. Brock Greenfield, requires doctors to inform parents before a minor child undergoes an abortion. "This seeks to clear up a loophole," Greenfield said when the bill was introduced last month.
The final bill, sponsored by Rep. Roger Hunt, sets up a task force to study the effects of abortion. "In the 32 years since Roe v. Wade was decided, there's been a whole body of scientific knowledge developed," Hunt said of the bill in February. "It would be profitable and very worthwhile to learn and study that, so as the issue of abortion comes before the Legislature in the future, we'll have good information upon which to make decisions."
Last month, a bill that would have banned abortion in the state was discarded in favor of the lesser bills, signed into law Thursday.
Good.
Good to see that someone is working to end licensed murder.
Now Daschle has a reason to give up any pretense of maintaining his residencyt..
I'm surprised he even ever went back there...
Good for them!
Good news.. I especially like the studying the issue so that people know the risks involved. If you listen to the left wingers you would think getting an abortion would be like getting your tongue swabbed in terms of potential dangers.
So, how much of a "right" is abortion if politicians have laws in place, and are waiting for it to be overturned?
Abortion is another one of those "Supreme Court Rights" that can come and go with the changing of Justices.
I've often thought about that too.
Roe v. Wade may become effectively unenforceable today.
Awesome. Those people in South Dakota still respect human life. Now if only this could drip into other states maybe we can reclaim America's soul and stop this Death-Train now!
Don't worry, some obscure judge will no doubt declare those laws unconstitutional post haste.
How?
The Courts appear to be about to lose control of the agenda.
You can backtrack my recent posting for why I think so.
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