South Dakota Will Try Again with a Newly Revised Bill to Ban Abortion

by Joe Kafka/CR : Jan 29, 2007 : The Christian Post http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070128/25459_Legislators%3A_S.D._Abortion_Ban_to_be_Introduced_Again.htm

"Many people said the lack of exceptions was the reason they voted against last year's bill."

A newly revised version of the bill that would've banned abortion in South Dakota, turned down by voters last November, is scheduled to be presented on Tuesday. Polls have largely shown that the people in South Dakota are against abortion, however the total closure on the bill caused many to vote against the measure last November. So what's different this time? The new measure will include exceptions.

"The additional exceptions for rape, incest and the health of women are what voters want," said state Rep. Mary Glenski, one of the new bill's sponsors. According to Glenski, voters are not tired of the issue. She said it makes sense to bring the issue back because most South Dakotans oppose abortion. "I feel a real responsibility to try and respond to what the voters told us after the election," said Glenski. "Many people said the lack of exceptions was the reason they voted against last year's bill." (Photo: Rep. Glenski)

However Senator Brock Greenfield, director of Right to Life for South Dakota, believes it's a mistake to revive the issue until the upper courts show a serious swing in favor of creating more limitations on abortion. He has recently co-sponsored two anti-abortion bills that will require doctors to read a measure to a woman prior to an abortion that informs them it is illegal to be forced into an abortion. It will also require clear signs to be posted in clinics and hospitals stating the same message.