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Article: November Ballots Include Abortion Issues; South Dakota's Initiative Would Ban the Procedure, Except in Certain Cases
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- The Washington Post
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- August 30, 2008
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A ballot initiative on abortion in South Dakota this November
could lead to a series of court challenges and ultimately to the
Supreme Court overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing
abortion nationwide, antiabortion activists say.
Sen. John McCain, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee,
anchored himself more strongly in the antiabortion camp with his
selection of the passionately antiabortion governor of Alaska, Sarah
Palin, as his running mate.
Two other referendums on abortion will be before voters in
Colorado and California. The Colorado ballot, in particular, is seen
as having potential impact on the presidential vote there. In
California, a parental notification ...