What do you think of South Dakota's new law banning all abortions even in cases of rape and incest?

It seems like if a 14 year old girl gets raped by her father she should have some options open to her should she get pregnant.





Personally I think she should have that right anyway. But as long as they are throwing it in our faces I guess we should discuss it.What do you think of South Dakota's new law banning all abortions even in cases of rape and incest?
I don't agree with it. It's discompassionate and the state has no business dictating what a woman should do with her own body.





As for the argument about the morning after pill, it's a flawed argument. To get it, you have to see a Doctor, which is a difficulty for victims who, for whatever reason or other, won't report the assault. And depending on state laws, you have to fulfill certain legal obligations, and endure hardships to get it, not to mention that minors have to have parental consent to get it, imposing further hardships on incest victims. Human nature is just too flawed to impose a catch-all solution.What do you think of South Dakota's new law banning all abortions even in cases of rape and incest?
It will make abortion a states rights issue, like the assisted suicide law in Oregon.





Roe v. Wade is bad law because the Supreme Court acted with fiat in the ';discovery'; of the right to privacy in the Constitution. It circumvented the legislature which is responsible for creation of laws in this country.





Roe v. Wade should have been removed from the court's jurisdiction along time ago, due to the fact the court was creating law from the bench.
I think it's a thinly-disguised ploy to get the Supreme Court involved, in the hope that they will overturn Roe v. Wade.





Special note to AmBer: the same conservatives who have made it so hard to get an abortion are also making it difficult to obtain emergency contraception such as the so-called 'morning after' pill. Keep that in mind the next time *you* have a pregnancy scare.
Sounds like a law the rest of the states need to adopt too. Abortion is not a form of birth control, and it is being treated as if it is.
i agree with it, you have no right to take away someone's life especially when they haven't even enjoyed our world yet.
You people that are into dictating what a girl can do with their body, I sure hope that your daughter don't get pregnant by a rapiest. What I hate is that abortion will go on not in a clinical setting but in a back ally using a coat hanger endangering young womans lives. I am against abortion as a form of birth control myself but you have no right to dictate to others what is moral or not moral for them.
I think it's a good law.





I am Pro-Life myself and the only case where I would support Abortion is Threat to a Mother's Life.





I would not object to a law permitting it in cases of Rape and Incest but still South Dakota did good and im glad they recognize Roe V. Wade as an invalid law (The Supreme Court is not suppose to make Federal laws, that power belongs to Congress).
i i'm all for it i think all states should pass that same law. they ahve the mornig after pill for rape cases.
I did not know that!!! That's horrible. That makes me very, very angry. Who the hell voted for that??
wow, i didn't knnow there was such a thing! I am utterly shocked. I always thought that abortions is excusable with rape cases or incest. That is why I am pro-choice. It's a woman's choice to decide whether she wants to keep the baby or not. If you force a woman to continue with the pregnancy, expect to see an surge in adoptions and abandoned babies. I think it is worst to bring the kid into the world and jeopordize their well being than it is to abort a fetus. To me, it's either a a human being or a fetus.
This is an example of what happens when the state allows religion to control behaviour. Abortion is a right that women fought for and won and now it has been taken away by fundamentalist pigs. There is NO difference between Islamic zealots and Christian zealots. Neither should affect the secular world.
I read this today on campus on a fly printed by an obviously Pro-Choice group, and I couldn't have been happier. I'm also very pleased to see so many like-minded individuals posting here. The government does have the right and the duty to prevent any injustice, be it abortion, slavery, robbery, or murder. And since no one claims to know when life actually begins in the development of a human being, I think we definately need to err on the side that avoids the possibility of murder. Even in cases of rape and incest, which are tragic, yes, but they're not the fault of the child and the child's life should not be ended before it begins as punishment.
I don't think there is a clear cut answer for abortion, too many variables.





But I say allow abortion when it's under the cases you presented, or in cases where the mother is in danger.





But it shouldn't be 100% legal, cause there are too many people who do it like it's a game. If you're going to have sex, and you don't want a child, use a condom. It's why we have them, or take a pill...something. I know of too many women who have rampaging sex-lives and get knocked up everyday and go 'ha, at least i can get an abortion! tralala!' They abuse abortion and show they have no self-control or care for the life they are creating. Abortion should only be an emergency procedure, not a frivolous choice to be taken lightly. We're talking about making a child!





And to those who say no one should have the right to tell women what to do with their bodies, some of them have sorely abused that right.