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Article: Criminalizing abortion.(Editorials)(South Dakota launches assault on Roe vs. Wade)(Editorial)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- March 12, 2006
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Byline: The Register-Guard
Never mind the hysterical hand-wringing over the Dubai ports deal. The real threat to American lives is in South Dakota, where the state Legislature has been taken over by the Taliban.
South Dakota's brazenly unconstitutional new law banning all abortions except to save the life of the pregnant woman is so shockingly out of the mainstream that it's tempting just to ridicule it alongside another crackpot South Dakota law. It compares favorably with legislation that allowed South Dakotans to open fire on any gathering of six or more Native Americans on private property.
Ludicrousness aside, both laws are masterpieces of ...