SD Governor Rounds Signs Abortion Ban Into Law
Let the battle begin...
And I agree with Rounds.
What amazes me is that so many in the media still describe Roe vs. Wade as a Supreme Court decision which "legalized" abortion. It did, I guess, technically, but the ruling didn't declare that "abortions are legal." Rather, it declared that any law banning the medical procedure is unconstitutional based on some murky interpretation of privacy rights that I still have not been able to figure out to this day.
Regardless, what is important to remember here is that the battle over Roe is not really about abortion so much as it is about state's rights. The Supreme Court ruled in 1973 that a woman killing her unborn child is a right provided for in the Constitution. Most of us who have read the document recognize that neither abortion or any other medical procedure is named in the various articles and amendments and thus is an issue reserved to the states by the 10th amendment.
After all, what good is having a union of sovereign states if the individual states can't decide for themselves how to regulate a specific medical procedure taking place within the border of any given state.
Anyway, expect this battle to take over a decade. The pro-abortion crowd isn't about to let this go without a fight.
PIERRE, S.D. - Gov. Mike Rounds signed legislation Monday banning nearly all abortions in South Dakota, setting up a court fight aimed at challenging the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion.
The bill would make it a crime for doctors to perform an abortion unless the procedure was necessary to save the woman's life. It would make no exception for cases of rape or incest.
Planned Parenthood, which operates the state's only abortion clinic, in Sioux Falls, has pledged to challenge the measure.
Rounds issued a written statement saying he expects the law will be tied up in court for years and will not take effect unless the U.S. Supreme Court upholds it.
"In the history of the world, the true test of a civilization is how well people treat the most vulnerable and most helpless in their society. The sponsors and supporters of this bill believe that abortion is wrong because unborn children are the most vulnerable and most helpless persons in our society. I agree with them," Rounds said in the statement.
And I agree with Rounds.
What amazes me is that so many in the media still describe Roe vs. Wade as a Supreme Court decision which "legalized" abortion. It did, I guess, technically, but the ruling didn't declare that "abortions are legal." Rather, it declared that any law banning the medical procedure is unconstitutional based on some murky interpretation of privacy rights that I still have not been able to figure out to this day.
Regardless, what is important to remember here is that the battle over Roe is not really about abortion so much as it is about state's rights. The Supreme Court ruled in 1973 that a woman killing her unborn child is a right provided for in the Constitution. Most of us who have read the document recognize that neither abortion or any other medical procedure is named in the various articles and amendments and thus is an issue reserved to the states by the 10th amendment.
After all, what good is having a union of sovereign states if the individual states can't decide for themselves how to regulate a specific medical procedure taking place within the border of any given state.
Anyway, expect this battle to take over a decade. The pro-abortion crowd isn't about to let this go without a fight.
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