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The J-TAC
March 9, 20Q6
South Dakota challenges abortion law
What Americans
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The above figures are from a poll conducted by the Associated
Press/Ipsos in Nov. 2004. A similiar poll conducted by ABC and
the Washington Post with 1,004 repondents in the same period
found that 55 percent wanted to legalize abortion.
By AKHIL KADIDAL
News Editor
Gov. Michael Rounds of South Dakota signed into law a state
bill banning abortions in that state on Monday. The move, according
to Reuters, is an attempt to give the conservative-leaning Supreme
Court an opportunity to bypass the historic Roe v. Wade ruling that
gives women the right to. abortions.
According to the New York Times, the bill, which passed last
month, makes all abortions in the state illegal, except in cases of life
or death when a pregnant woman's life is in danger. According to
Time Magazine, even in those instances doctors must "make reason-
able medical efforts under the circumstances to preserve both the life,
of the mother and the life of her unborn child/' Doctors or any others
caught carrying out the procedure would be charged with a class five
felony, punishable by a sentence of up to five years in prison.
Sen. Julie Bartling, D-South Dakota, argued in favor of the bill,
saying that the state had a right to protect unborn fetuses.
"It is the time for the South Dakota legislature to deal with this is-
sue and protect the lives and rights of unborn children/' Bartling said,
according to CNN.
According to the New York Times, the state's only abortion clinic,
Planned Parenthood, registers about 800 abortions a year.
"This is a very real issue for a lot of people," Kate Looby, the state
director of Planned Parenthood, told the Times. "That's the part I
think the legislators don'tquite understand."
According to Time Magazine's Nancy Gibbs, the introduction of
the bill by state legislatures has little to do with the people, but almost
entirely to do with politics.
Gibbs wrote_ that the strategy behind the bill was to "chip away
at Roe to try to shrink it, change its shape, and over time promote a
'culture of life' that would view abortion less as a right than a tragedy,
perhaps .eventually a crime."
According to CNN, other opponents argue that the bill should
also be extended to cover victims of rape and incest.
Views on abortions aj: Tarleton are equally contentious. Gary Ben-
nett and Robert Hunter of Tarleton's radio station, KTRL, agreed that
people should have the freedom to make, their own choice.
"The government should riot be tellihg people what to do. South
Dakota has a lot of free time if they are willing to .go this far," Hunter
said,
"While abortions are probably wrofig, it is also necessary to un-
derstand that each case is different," Bennett added. "To say that
abortions should be denied to everyone, even those who have been
raped, is wrong. It really is a case-to-case basis." -
Dr. Kyle McGregor of the Agricultural Department defended the
stand of pro-life supporters.
"Even though the issue of abortion is a contentious one, and can
be sympathized with, being.a Catholic; my religious affiliation also
makes it easy to support the position of the South Dakota govern-
ment" McGregor said. -
Jessica Junkin, a graduate educational administration and psy-
chology student, had a different view.
"I don't agree with abortion, but I don't agree that they should
take away abortion either," Junkin said..
"If you are willing to be sexually active, you need to be prepared
to take the consequences, even if it means raising and loving a baby/'
Courtney Leach, a biological sciences senior, said.
According to Time Magazine, abortion rights activists are in an
uproar, calling the new law "blatantly unconstitutional" as well as
"dangerous." !
One of the options open to abortion advocates is to collect 16,782
signatures of registered voters in the next three months, which would
delay the law until a vote would be held on the issue in November.
"We're trying to evaluate the timing and the options now, but
we're committed to making sure this does not come into effect,"
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Erath County Precinct One is not over yet,
despite the closing of the poll on Wednes-
day, Mar. 8.
According to the Stephenville, Empire-
Tribune, poll numbers show that neither
candidate succeeded in garnering more
than 50 percent of the vote. A run-off elec-
tion is scheduled to be held between the
incumbent, Shawnee Bass, .and Jeff "Chili"
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Alexander, a police officer at Tarleton State
University.
According to the Empire-Tribune, elec-
tion results of 15 out of 16 boxes polled
show that 2,226 voters cast their votes, with
40.3 percent supporting Alexander and 36-.8
backing Bass.
In front of an enthusiastic crowd of sup-
porters, Bass reiterated her confidence in
the results, telling the Empire-Tribune, that
she was "glad this part of the race is over."
Elsewhere, Alexander told the Empire-
Tribune that he was "not surprised that a
run-off election will take place and that he
just hopes voters will 'get back out there
and vote again.'"
The third candidate in the race, Shawna
Henry-Newton, a juvenile.probation officer
who received 21.7 percenf'of the vote, told
the Empire-Tribune that, although she was
"disappointed in the outcome of the elec-
tion, she enjoyed the experience of running
for the Justice of the Peace office."
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