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Although South Dakota's Measure 11 included more exceptions to the outright abortion ban - for example, allowing abortion in rare cases of incest, rape or when the mother's life or health are endangered - than a similar initiative that was defeated in 2006, the new measure was rejected by 56% of voters yesterday. According to Kristine Wilfore, executive director of the Washington-based nonprofit Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, which advocates socially progressive issues, the initiative would have set in motion a future challenge to Roe v. Wade if passed. "It was an effort to get as close as possible...
...North Dakota: Most polling sites are open 10am to 8pm EST, but times vary throughout the state. Early voting took place from October 20 to November...
...South Dakota: 8am to 8pm EST. Early voting takes place from September 23 to November...
...should consider all of the tools available to it - some recently enacted - to support industries that are in distress and that are essential to the U.S. economy," he said. On Thursday, those efforts got another boost as Governors from six states - Delaware, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, Ohio and South Dakota - submitted their own letter in support of the industry's aid request...
...watching the movie, I felt a sense of relief and hope comparable to that which is felt after watching a particularly refreshing episode of Oprah—but not much more. “The Secret Life of Bees” tells the story of Lily Owens, played by Dakota Fanning, who in the first scene of the movie frightfully awakens from a nightmare of her mother’s death. We are introduced to the ensuing mystery of who her mother really was. Lily lives with her widowed father (Paul Bettany) and black housekeeper, Rosaleen (Jennifer Hudson...