CHICAGO (Reuters) - The governor of South Dakota on Monday signed into law severe restrictions on abortion, in a direct challenge to the U.S. Supreme Court's legalization of the practice 33 years ago.
Abortion foes have said they hope to use the South Dakota law to eventually bring the issue back before the high court, where they believe conservatives added to the bench by President George W. Bush in the last year could weaken or dismantle the court's landmark Roe vs Wade decision of 1973.
Supporters of Roe vs Wade have promised a legal challenge to the new South Dakota law.
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Thirty-three years. For 33 years, women have had the right to decide what happens to their bodies in the event of an unplanned pregnancy. Now, one State has taken that right away, even in the event of rape or incest. RAPE or INCEST. If you get rapped, or your Uncle shags you, and you get pregnant, South Dakota is saying that's too bad. A collection of cells now has more rights than you, even under those most horrible of circumstances.
South Dakota passed this bill specifically for the purpose of having someone challenge it and take it to the Supreme Court. It's unconstitutional up down and sideways.
This is only the beginning, I'm afraid.
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We're doomed!
thats really unbelievable in the year 2006
what next, public executions ?
Fantastic! So if it's challenged it may go all the way to the high court and if it isn't challenged it stays put and lobbyists can point at it in there own states and try and get the same law passed there.
I did hear something on the BBC that whoever they were interviewing suggested it was too early for this kind of challenge and it was likely to lose. Another year or 2 and it could be different.
Isn't politics great!
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