South Dakota debates ending holocaust

From the Associated Press...

Circled around a living room, sipping coffee, five long-acquainted couples grappled with their stark differences on a topic they would have skirted in the past but now cannot avoid _ abortion. 
Like other South Dakotans, people in this tiny farming town are confronting a historic opportunity on Nov. 7. They'll sway a tortuous national debate by making a choice no statewide electorate has faced before: whether to approve a sweeping ban on virtually all abortions. 

"None of us think abortion is a desirable thing," said Tom Dean, a family physician who hosted the discussion along with his wife, Kathy. "But it's not a problem for government to solve by passing a rigid law."

...And Roe v. Wade isn't?!?

Yet Lynn Ogren, who helps her husband run a sheep and cattle ranch, choked up with emotion as she explained her support for the ban. 

"I value every child's life, whether it's from a rape or not," she told her friends. "Who's fighting for these kids?" 

The measure 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.

It's about time!

Why in the world should a child be executed because his or her father happens to be a rapist?!? What kind of sick thinking is that?

The 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....

The most recent independent poll, in July, found 47 percent of voters opposed the ban, 39 percent favored it, 14 percent were undecided. When asked if they would approve a ban with exceptions for rape and incest, support rose to 59 percent.

The problem is that Liberals have shown that any exception can be used to make any reason an exception. I can understand the legislature's desire to remove as many exceptions as possible. Hopefully the undecided voters can be persuaded to use logic in ending the holocaust in that state, which, if supported by the Supreme Court, would finally overturn Roe v. Wade.

Posted by Danny Carlton at October 9, 2006 6:44 AM