South Dakota Running Headlong Into Roe v Wade

J.J. Jackson* | October 9, 2006

WESSINGTON SPRINGS, South Dakota People in the state of South Dakota are confronting a historic opportunity to sway a tortuous national debate by making a choice no statewide electorate in the U.S. has faced before: whether to approve a sweeping ban on virtually all abortions.

On Nov. 7, when American voters will choose a new Congress, governors in 36 states and decide whether to approve various ballot initiatives, South Dakota voters will vote on a measure that would allow abortions only to save a pregnant woman’s life. It makes no exception for other health concerns, or for cases of rape or incest; a doctor performing illegal abortions could face five years in prison.

The state Legislature passed the law overwhelmingly in February, expecting it to be challenged in court and perhaps lead to a U.S. Supreme Court reversal of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion. Instead of suing, opponents swiftly collected signatures to force a referendum; the law will be scrapped if voters reject it.

“None of us think abortion is a desirable thing,” said Tom Dean, a family physician who hosted a recent discussion among friends. “But it’s not a problem for government to solve by passing a rigid law. - source“

I don’t know there Tom, the 14th Amendment is pretty clear about no loss of a right to life WITHOUT due process.

Heaven forbid we have “rigid” laws that define right and wrong right? After all, without moral relativism how will liberals be able to justify their actions such as murdering children in their mother’s womb, taking property (i.e. income) from 50% of Americans and redistributing it to the other 50%, and so on right?

Life is not something that should be protected only by a flimsy law that can be rewritten on a whim by some legislature or activist judge. It is something that should be protected and given respect and only (and I do mean only) taken except when due process has been performed (14th Amendment) or in self defense (2nd Amendment). But that is too complicated for some people.

Forgiven and Set Free: A Post-Abortion Bible Study for Women

(Book)

Authors:Linda Cochrane
Manufacturer:Baker Books
Released:01 November, 1996

The Party of Death: The Democrats, the Media, the Courts, and the Disregard for Human Life

(Book)

Authors:Ramesh Ponnuru
Manufacturer:Regnery Publishing, Inc.
Released:24 April, 2006

The Hand of God: A Journey from Death to Life by the Abortion Doctor Who Changed His Mind

(Book)

Authors:Bernard N. Nathanson
Manufacturer:Regnery Publishing, Inc.
Released:25 October, 2001

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