Well THAT didn't take long... South Dakota abortion ban

(Cross-posted from http://spaces.msn.com/beoshingus)

The legislature of South Dakota has decided to be the one to push the envelope and see just how pro-life this new U.S. Supreme Court is going to be. More info here.

Quoth the article:

Under the new bill, doctors in South Dakota would face up to five years in
prison for performing an abortion. The only exception would be for women who
need abortions to save their lives.

I don't really have a problem with that. It's a difficult situation, but I believe that sacrificing one life to save another is not something to condemn or scorn. It is an extremely sad situation when that happens. But it is fairly rare. The majority of abortions are performed as a means of birth control. I believe that using abortion as birth control (at any phase of the pregnancy) is nothing but infanticide.

I'm sure you'll be following this discussion, whether you want to or not. This will be all over the media for some time to come. One thing is clear (to me, at least): Roe v. Wade was a political decision; pure judicial legislation. Our Constitution forbids the judiciary from making law, and yet that is just what happened. Whether you agree with the law created by RvW or not, the simple fact is that the law would never have passed Congress and the signature of the President at the time the ruling was made. That is the only legal way for a law to be passed, and RvW circumvented the process to push a political agenda. There has been a culture war over this issue ever since.

Expect it to continue. To intensify. To get violent, on both sides. But for now, it is a waiting game. Be certain that when this law is passed in SD and goes into effect, the lawsuits will begin that day. The Supreme Court will be hearing the case soon. And then we'll know the next chapter in this sad, sad story.