South Dakota Governor, Mike Rounds, has signed into law a series of anti-abortion bills. The bills firmly assert that life begins at conception and, as such, parental rights outlined in South Dakota law are legally binding beginning at conception. Therefore, the bill argues, if a pregnant woman seeks abortion she must waive her rights as a parent. The Bill would require that such a waiver is signed before any abortion is performed and that any abortion performed without said waiver would be criminal.
Additionally, one of the bills outlines what would happen in South Dakota if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade: no more abortions in South Dakota unless the life of the mother is threatened.
South Dakota, by the way, has the nations most strict abortion laws already.
Analysis to come…
For now digest the information coming in:
From The Boston Globe
From MPR
And the actual text of the bill (.pdf)
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