[Apologetics] South Dakota House passes ban on abortion challenging Roe v. Wade

[Stephen Korsman]

South Dakota House passes ban on abortion, challenging court's Roe v. Wade decision
Feb 10, 2006
By Michael Foust
Baptist Press 
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.

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.

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.

If it passes the Senate and is signed into law, a legal challenge almost certainly will follow.



more ... http://www.baptistpress.org/bpnews.asp?ID=22627
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://gathman.org/pipermail/apologetics/attachments/20060220/0d01a6b5/attachment.html>