Actually, Bush ran on this position from the very first. It was part of his campaign statement in 2000.
For all practical purposes, it's not that politically significant at the moment. I happen to disagree with Bush about two of the three, but it will be well after Bush leaves office before we are in a position to confront these issues.
Meanwhile, the headline is misleading. Bush is simply giving his own position, when pressed by some trouble-making interviewer. He is not telling South Dakota what sort of laws they should pass.
In a way it's irrelevant, but I can't help speaking up on the issue of rape. Rape is not the baby's fault. Why kill the baby for a crime of which it is completely innocent.
As for the mother, rape is a horrible business in any case. But I personally believe it is better to have the child, and adopt it out, than to kill it. Killing it solves nothing, and will only make the mother feel even worse.
Why kill the baby when it is completely innocent but the mother will die then?
Amamzing how some people can be played like a violin by a misleading headline in the liberal media.