While I wasn’t born there, I spent more of my youth in South Dakota than I did anywhere else. I left the town I was living in, Huron, two days before I turned 18 and never looked back (there wasn’t anything for me there).
I’m once again glad I left that two mule, olive pit of a state.
South Dakota is banning abortion under any circumstance.
Myself, I’m a Pro-Life Choice person. I don’t agree with abortion when used as a form of birth control, but recognize that there are a number of situations where it might be in the best interest of those involved to have one. It’s a decision that can only be made by those whom it will effect. I also know that if it’s banned, abortions will still happen, but with no regulation to insure that they’re done correctly or safely. Simply put: women will still have the procedure, and many will die as a result.
With the legislation that South Dakota is putting forth, if someone is raped, and a pregnancy occurs, there will be no way to terminate the pregnancy. This means that under law, the rapist will become the father and will therefore have a fathers rights with the child.
WTF!
Also, under the law, a woman may not terminate a pregnancy, even if it may end her life.
WTF!! (part II)
Once again, the powers that be are setting aside your rights, and are instead are legislating their “values” on you (and their decision is totally based upon a religious belief, not on the well being of women, their right to make their own decisions, or with any thought about the children that might be born).
Simply put, a woman’s right to choose is being revoked. What’s next? Shall we remove their right to vote and make them cover themselves from head to foot when in public? Let just remove the separation between church and state while we’re at it.