Word: dakotas
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...South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds had to decide whether to side with the Purists or the Pragmatists in the Abortion Wars. His decision to sign the state?s dramatic new abortion bill means the Purists have prevailed, and the moral, political and legal argument surrounding abortion rights is about to turn a corner...
...Which is what South Dakota now proposes to do. Lawmakers threw away the chisel, grabbed a sledgehammer and went at Roe with a fury, all but daring the Supreme Court to step in. The bill they passed last month, HB 1215, bans all abortion, including in cases of rape and incest, including cases that threaten the health of the mother; the only exception is if the mother?s survival itself is at risk, and even in those instances the doctor must ?make reasonable medical efforts under the circumstances to preserve both the life of the mother and the life...
...faced by abortion-rights activists when they are called upon to defend late-term abortions. Except in cases where the mother?s safety is at risk, late-term abortions have always been controversial because at some point they sidle up too close to infanticide for comfort. Now the South Dakota lawmakers find themselves having to explain why they rejected what have become customary ?special circumstances? like exceptions in the case of rape or incest, that are favored even by the ?pro-life President? in the White House...
...hospital for treatment, she adds, it may not do any good. ?We?ve introduced a bill requiring emergency room doctors to tell assault victims about emergency contraception-they?re not required to provide it, just to tell patients about it-and that bill has repeatedly failed in the South Dakota Legislature.? South Dakota was among the earliest states to allow pharmacists to refuse to dispense Plan B, the ?morning-after pill,? if doing so violated their conscience...
...overall goal in South Dakota, Hunt argues, is to rebalance the scales. ?You have two human beings here. In the United States, where we value life, we?re big fans of the underdog, perhaps the life of an unborn child is more critical and more important than a woman making a choice. It?s a balancing act, I admit. But when you put the proper weights on the scale, it will favor protecting the life of unborn children...