So with the possibility of another republican in office nominating more conservative judges the repugs in South Dakota are getting a little testy. They are purposely putting an abortion ban on the ballot there so that it will get contested and up in the supreme court. They are betting that if McCain wins he will nominate conservative judges and by the time the contested ban makes it to the courts the justices will overturn Roe v. Wade.
Two years after South Dakotans rejected a nearly total ban on abortion, voters on Nov. 4 will decide another sweeping but less restrictive ballot measure that would probably send a legal challenge of Roe v. Wade to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The initiative would outlaw abortions but includes exceptions for rape, incest and pregnancies that threaten the life or health of the woman. Some voters said they wanted those exceptions when they rejected the tougher 2006 measure 56 percent to 44 percent.
Opponents say the new measure would jeopardize the patient-doctor relationship because physicians could be criminally charged for exceeding its bounds. They also argue that its exceptions are too narrowly defined and that it would force some women to carry an unhealthy fetus.
Leslee Unruh, the executive director of VoteYesForLife.com and the measure's main proponent, said it's legally sound.
Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority Foundation, said the initiative could threaten legalized abortion in every state, especially if it goes before a 2011 or 2012 Supreme Court that would probably tilt to the right if Sen. John McCain becomes president.
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This is an outright assault on Roe v. Wade which threatens to further divide this nation into red and blue. You see the issue is if the decision is overturned then red states will have banned abortion and blue states will have legal abortion. This will allow middle class and upper class to go to another state to get an abortion while many poor people will be forced to carry the baby. This issue is not a question of life its also a question of unity and of disparity among rich and poor.
This is why we need Obama. He will make sure that sound justices will be nominated to keep abortion a privacy issue and make sure that this nation stays a purple nation.
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