Hey- I just posted on another thread also asking this question: What is the tone of all the ads and campaigning in South Dakota? To an outsider, it is sounding pretty civil, with the pro-life side focusing on women and motherhood being empowering, and the pro-choice side saying they value human life but the law goes too far... Different rhetoric than you normally hear in abortion battles. Is this true? I have a theory that when you have to appeal to actual voters, as opposed to far-away judges, the tone changes...
I don't know. If you look at my FR profile page you'll notice that, like you, I'm in one of the most one-sided states in the nation on this issue. I do know that over 100 South Dakota pro-life physicians have endorsed the law - which would not have happened if it was a significant impediment to maternal health.