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<BODY bgColor=#ffffff><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=4>South Dakota House passes
ban on abortion, challenging court's Roe v. Wade
decision<BR></FONT></STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=black size=1>Feb 10,
2006<BR><I>By Michael Foust</I><BR>Baptist Press </FONT>
<P><FONT class=StoryText>PIERRE, S.D. (BP)--In a direct challenge to the U.S.
Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, the South Dakota House of
Representatives easily passed a bill Feb. 9 that would ban nearly all abortions
in the state.<BR><BR>The bill passed by a vote of 47-22 and now goes to the
state Senate, where a vote is expected to be tight. Ten of the Senate's 35
members are sponsors. It is not known whether Gov. Mike Rounds, a pro-life
Republican, would sign it.<BR><BR>Supporters of the bill -- which has an
exception for the mother's life -- hope it leads to the overturning of Roe, the
infamous decision that legalized abortion nationwide. Opponents of the bill
tried unsuccessfully Feb. 9 to add an amendment making an exception for rape and
incest.<BR><BR>If it passes the Senate and is signed into law, a legal challenge
almost certainly will follow.<BR></FONT></P>
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