south dakota

Here is a very interesting article that somewhat slipped under the radar last week. This one is out of the U.K.:

Blogger puts guide to abortion online

 By Andrew Buncombe in Washington

Published: 17 March 2006

 A blogger has added fresh fuel to the abortion debate that divides the US by posting online detailed instructions on how to perform such an operation. She said she had received death threats as a result.

The blogger, who uses the pseudonym Molly Blythe, said she was inspired to post the abortion guide after the recent signing of legislation in South Dakota that outlaws abortion, even in cases of rape and incest. The only exception to the law would be if the woman's life was threatened if she continued the pregnancy.

This exposes us to something not yet really considered - a world without Roe but with the information super highway. Those dark alleys could be quickly replaced with a living room and WiFi. No matter what the outcome is still one of great danger and is more evidence why abortions should be legal - so they can be performed in a safe and sterile environment. Even if it is truly a baby that dies isn't the loss of that life better than the loss of the baby's and mother's lives?

Of course these are things not considered by the religious right, who is so good at seeing the world in only black and white. For people who claim to be so "spiritually enhanced" they certainly are close minded.

Here is our turn back in time from the AP

S.D. Governor Signs Abortion Ban Into Law
 By CHET BROKAW, Associated Press Writer

Gov. Mike Rounds on Monday signed legislation banning almost all abortions in South Dakota.

The Legislature passed the ban late last month, focusing nationwide interest on the state as the governor decided what to do about the measure.

The law, designed to raise a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade, the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion, is scheduled to take effect July 1.

Under the law, doctors in South Dakota will face up to five years in prison for performing an abortion except when the procedure is necessary to save the mother's life.

Rounds issued a technical veto of a similar measure two years ago because it would have wiped out all existing restrictions on abortion while the bill was tied up for years in a court challenge.

South Dakota Planned Parenthood said it planned a quick court challenge.

Seems like the race is on for states to try and test the waters with our conservative Supreme Court. If this does happen and Roe gets overturned I hope the people who decided to stay at home in November 2004 realize what has happened. The people mostly influenced by such a decision are the same people who feel their vote doesn't matter. Well this will be proof that they are so wrong.

 UPDATE:

John McCain says he would of signed the bill into law given a few conditions. McJoan has more details on it.