South Dakota go for it
So, that law to ban abortion that the South Dakota legislature were considering? They’ve passed it.
What happens next? My understanding is this: Planned Parenthood challenge it, so a federal appeal court judge suspends the affect of the law until her judgement is made. Whoever loses at that stage (Planned Parenthood or the State of South Dakota) is likely to take it to the Supreme Court, which is where Bush’s recent appointees get their say. If they rule that South Daokota has the right to determine its own laws about abortion, that’s when the fun begins, as they have said that the federal government does not have competence to set national abortion law. It doesn’t result in an outright ban: it results in battles in every state legislature in the country. Some states will keep their abortion rights, and some won’t.
Terrible news for the day before International Women’s Day.
