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PIERRE, S.D. -- Gov. Mike Rounds said he is inclined to sign a bill that would ban nearly all abortions in South Dakota, making it a crime for doctors to perform an abortion unless it was necessary to save the woman's life. The ban, including in cases of rape or incest, was approved Friday by South Dakota lawmakers, setting up a deliberate frontal assault on Roe v. Wade at a time when some activists see the U.S. Supreme Court as more willing than ever to overturn the 33-year-old decision. Planned Parenthood, which operates the only clinic in the state that...

Many in favor of Freudenthal The chief of the Cowboy State ranks third in a nationwide survey that asked people to rate their governors. By Ilene Olson rep3@wyomingnews.com Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle CHEYENNE - Gov. Dave Freudenthal is the third most popular governor in the country with a 67 approval rate among Wyoming residents surveyed. A poll, released earlier this month by Survey USA, lists the approval ratings for the governors of all 50 states. Only Govs. John Hoeven of North Dakota, with an approval rate of 71 percent, and Mike Rounds of South Dakota, 70 percent, were ranked...

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 ,...

Governor prepared to sign 'Roe' challenge South Dakota legislature has passed ban on nearly all abortions Posted: March 10, 20041:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds said he is nearly ready to sign a bill designed to challenge the landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down state abortion laws. As WorldNetDaily reported, South Dakota's legislation would outlaw nearly all abortions in the state. Rounds said yesterday his "style-and- form veto" requests only technical changes to the bill for the purpose of ensuring current state laws restricting abortion would not be jeopardized if the new legislation is...