Posted on 02/22/2006 2:49:16 PM PST by Tim Long
The South Dakota Senate just passed a bill that bans almost all abortions in the state. It now goes to the governor to be signed.
Then the real battle begins. The ACLU will sue (immediately) to get it before some liberal federal judge who will shoot it down. It will work it's way through the courts and finally end up being heard before the Supreme Court. IF only a couple more of the liberal Supremes would retire or die, we could get a conservative court. IF we don't lose control of Congress this year!!
What if someone from South Dakota goes to another state and asks for Title X funding (using their South Dakota address) for an abortion (say in Minnesota). Would this law say that the unborn is a citizen of South Dakota and therefore cannot be murdered in another state.
I would like this tacked onto the question that will ultimately be put before the US Supreme Court.
After all, someone who has brain activity (about the 8th to 10th week of pregnancy or earlier) and heart beat (I believe that is in the sixth week of pregnancy) should have the same rights as someone in a hospital who has a heartbeat and brain activity - there should be rules for how this person dies...
I suppose some people would be of the belief to wait on doing this.
I'm of the opinion change never happens when you wait for it to happen.
Might as well push the issue. Who knows. Maybe by the time it hits the Supremes we'll have a majority. If not, no reason it cannot be tested again.
15 posts preceding yours were pulled. I've never seen that before.
Now is that any way to talk? : ) Seriously, though, the Republicans really need to focus on gaining a working majority this year instead of wetting themselves thinking they'll lose the majority.
Do they ever do that in the womb? It's my understanding that conjoined twins are usually separated after birth. Sometimes, long after birth.
Heartbeat begins on Day 22 after conception.
Can't say that I'm a social conservative, but this is great news!
Did I mention "Whoopie!!!"?
There's nothing a judge needs to strike. Where federal law overrules state law, state law is simply ignored. There are plenty of states that have all sort of laws on the books prohibiting various types of abortions; some predate Roe v Wade; some are newer. They're all just irrelevant until and unless the Supreme Court somehow modifies Roe.
"So you would agree that abortion as medical necessity should be legal?"
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It was before Roe.
This should be good.....have any FR moderates come along yet to tell us how we're alienating the middle?
PRAISE GOD!!!! Now lets move forward to completion!!
Time for Roe v. Wade to be aborted?
National Right to Life must be slipping. Last time, they were able to scuttle this bill.
Sure. Every pro-lifer supports allowing abortion in the case of the life of the mother. The problem isn't the life of the mother, but the health of the mother...which becomes the mental health of the mother (thanks to the judiciary) which is an exception that you can drive a truck through.
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