Monday, March 1
South Dakota
South Dakota's legislature passed this bill last week making abortion a felony in the state. It was sent to the governor today. He hasn't said anything about this particular bill but he is pro-life. Planned Parenthood has said they'll sue as soon as it's signed, so it won't have much effect on things. But it's still worth it, at least to my mind, simply because it brings up the subject again in the courts. This particular bill has such a strong stance against abortion that hopefully the Supreme Court will take it up. Not that that will do much good since it is anti-life, pro-death pro-choice, or whatever you want to call it. At least it puts the topic back in the spotlight. The idea is, at least according to some Right to Life rumors I've heard around campus, that a large state will do the same. The only ones I can even think of doing something like this are Florida, and of course, Texas. For now though, I don't think this bill will end up doing anything significant, but simply the fact that it's happening is amazing; it shows how far we've come.
South Dakota's legislature passed this bill last week making abortion a felony in the state. It was sent to the governor today. He hasn't said anything about this particular bill but he is pro-life. Planned Parenthood has said they'll sue as soon as it's signed, so it won't have much effect on things. But it's still worth it, at least to my mind, simply because it brings up the subject again in the courts. This particular bill has such a strong stance against abortion that hopefully the Supreme Court will take it up. Not that that will do much good since it is anti-life, pro-death pro-choice, or whatever you want to call it. At least it puts the topic back in the spotlight. The idea is, at least according to some Right to Life rumors I've heard around campus, that a large state will do the same. The only ones I can even think of doing something like this are Florida, and of course, Texas. For now though, I don't think this bill will end up doing anything significant, but simply the fact that it's happening is amazing; it shows how far we've come.
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