Posted on 03/09/2006 10:06:36 AM PST by wagglebee
SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, March 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota (PPMNS) said it will defy a law passed Monday that bans all abortions in the state.
We will not abandon the women of South Dakota, said Sarah Stoesz, PPMNS President and CEO, according to a release. Our clinics in South Dakota will remain open and we will continue to serve the women and men of this state by providing family planning services, emergency contraception, and safe, legal abortion care.
On Monday, South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds signed into law the first abortion ban in the United States since the 1973 Supreme Court Roe vs. Wade decision. The bill, House Bill 1215, passed with strong bi-partisan support in both houses and makes abortion a felony in the state, punishable by up to five years imprisonment. It is to go into effect this July.
Stoesz also vowed to challenge the new law in court. Planned Parenthood will challenge this law in order to protect the health and rights of the women and families we serve, she said.
Meanwhile, a South Dakota pro-life advocate who was instrumental in promoting the law there was the victim of harassment and vandalism. Leslee Unruh, who founded the Alpha Center to encourage pregnant women to choose life, told Focus on the Familys CitizenLink news that her family has become a target from pro-abortion zealots.
Unruh related to CitizenLink how her home has been splattered with eggs and that coat hangers have been left in their mailbox. Her husbands chiropractic office has also been targeted by pro-aborts leaving dead animals on the grounds, with some employees afraid to come into work. She was even told by her favorite coffee shop not to come back.
They said, We have a choice as to who we serve, and we choose not to serve you, she related. They were careful to emphasize the word choice.
See CitizenLink coverage:
http://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0039731.cfm
See related LifeSiteNews.com coverage:
Abortion Ban Signed into Law by South Dakota Governor
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/mar/06030603.html
Complete Ban on Abortion Passes South Dakota Legislature, goes to Governor
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/feb/06022304.html
Laws? We don't heed no steenkin' laws!.........
Pro-Life Ping.
Guess when you are a baby murderign POS you get to pick and choosw which laws you obey
Uh, no you won't. Until a federal judge issues an injunction against this law, you will stop. Democracy has spoken. As an aside, this is how things are going to play out on a national scale IMO. (ignoring laws and whatnot)
Slap a huge bond on the first one and then see if you can find another Dr. to come and do them.
This is actually what NEEDS to happen in order for Roe v. Wade to be overturned. Someone needs to violate the law, be convicted and then go to court over it. Hopefully this murdering piece of garbage will be sitting in prison while it all gets worked out.
>>>punishable by up to five years imprisonment.
Which party does this law punish. The mother, the doctor or both?
States have the last say. This law will most likely be struck down, but not because it is illegal, but because the SCOTUS acted illegally with roe vs wade.
Then he needs to dispatch the State Troopers to shut down the clinics and arrest the employees and persons seeking abortions, and charge the district attorneys to prosecute them under that law and RICO...
BTW, We do live in a republic and the people of South Dakota have spoken.
>>Uh, no you won't. Until a federal judge issues an injunction against this law, you will stop.
Why do you think they will keep performin abortions? So SD will step in and try to prevent them, thereby triggering a court challenge.
This is a giant political game of chess, where both sides are setting traps for the other...
I hope that the case only goes to a state federal court and that those judges refuse to listen to the case. The 10th Amendment states that all powers that are not given to the federal government, in the Constituion, are reserved for the states. The Constitution doesn't mention abortion, so federal involvement must be unconstitutional.
I hope that every state will pass laws like South Dakota's.
>>>We live in a republic, which has a Supreme Court, which has already ruled on this issue. The South Dakota state government is the one violating the decisions of the republic.>>>
You are correct.
They better fry these murdering sacks of crap. I was outraged that nothing has happened to the freaks that said screw the law we are issuing gays marriage licences, and now this. These lefties need to be taught a lesson in the law and respect.
The mother of what? You have to have a child to be a mother.
If you consider it a child, then abortion is murder.
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