South Dakota Abortion Law to Challenge Roe
In signing a bill intended to ban almost all abortions in the state, Gov Mike Rounds is directly challenging the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v Wade ruling, hoping that a more conservative court will revisit the issue (The South Dakota bill is particularly draconian: It makes no exceptions for rape or incest) The NY Times reports that parental-notification laws do little to discourage abortions or pregnancies Watch a related report on PBS Online NewsHour or read the transcript .N.Y. Times:
The governor of South Dakota, Mike Rounds, signed today a bill intended to ban most abortions in the state and to set up a challenge to the United States Supreme Court decision, handed down in 1973, that legalized abortion in all states.
The law would make it a crime for doctors to perform an abortion unless it was necessary to save the woman’s life, with no exception for cases of rape or incest. Planned Parenthood, which operates the state’s only abortion clinic, has pledged to challenge the law in court.
Acknowledging that the law is a direct challenge to the 1973 Supreme Court ruling known as Roe v. Wade, Mr. Rounds said the law’s effective date in July was likely to be delayed by a court challenge.
Related: The N.Y. Times reports that parental-notification laws do little to discourage abortions or pregnancies
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