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Article: South Dakota's stark abortion choice; A proposed ban on the ballot would be the nation's strictest since the 1973 Supreme Court ruling upholding the practice.(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- October 12, 2006
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Byline: Amanda Paulson Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- An unlikely state could reset the tone of the country's abortion debate this November.
South Dakota voters are poised to weigh in on a landmark bill, passed by the legislature in March and referred to the ballot by a petition drive, that would outlaw all abortions except to save a mother's life. While the law, if approved, will almost certainly be challenged in court, the campaign is under scrutiny by those on all sides of the national debate eager to see whether voters in a conservative, largely antiabortion state are ready to approve an all-out ban on abortion.
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