I don't know about that pending state bill.
I hope it's true.
http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2006/01/24_hetlandc_sdabortionlegis/
"Thelma Underberg, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice South Dakota, says she's not surprised by the legislation introduced this week -- but she's disappointed.
"There's not much interest in what happens after birth, or what kind of situation the mother is in, or what kind of situation she's might be bringing children into the world," says Underberg."
It seems to be. And not the first time around, either.
SD Legislature To Consider Abortion Ban
01/22/2006In the next six weeks, South Dakota lawmakers will decide whether to make abortion a crime.
A bill that would ban abortion in the state will be introduced within the next two days. The bill will be called the Woman's Health and Life Protection Act. It will ban abortion, but won't prosecute a doctor who performs one to save a woman's life.
And the lawmaker who's introducing the bill says he thinks now is the right time to try and over-turn Roe vs Wade.
Rep. Roger Hunt says, "Abortion should be banned."
Those four words will likely lead to many others in the South Dakota House and Senate as lawmakers will decide whether to criminalize abortion in the state. The bill's supporters are using findings from a controversial abortion task force report recently given to the legislature.
Hunt says, "DNA testing now can establish the unborn child has a separate and distinct personality from the mother. We know a lot more about post-abortion harm to the mother." The legislature debated a similar bill two years ago, but Governor Mike Rounds vetoed it because of concerns over some technicalities.