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NEWS & LETTERS, April-May 2006South Dakota tragedyThe religious Right in the U.S. knew exactly why their leader, George W. Bush, nominated and manipulated the recent approval of misogynists John Roberts and Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court. Now their plan begins... South Dakota’s Republican Governor Michael Rounds recently signed into law a bill banning all abortions in the state except those necessary to save a woman’s life. South Dakota doctors would face five years in prison for performing an abortion. The ban is set to take effect in July unless--as ban supporters hope--it is challenged and ends up in the increasingly right-wing U.S. Supreme Court and results in the reversal of Roe v. Wade. In response, on the day after International Women’s Day, hundreds of abortion rights supporters rallied in front of the federal courthouse in Sioux Falls, S.D., as motorists honked their support. Abortion rights advocates reported a flood of donations, volunteers and membership requests since the ban was passed. But the Right’s plan to destroy any control women have of their own bodies does not end in South Dakota. Ten other states are considering widespread bans, most in the South. This growing attack on women’s rights here is in contrast with legislation in 15 countries in the last ten years which has relaxed abortion restrictions. But globally, well over 70,000 women die every year from illegal abortions. Re-criminalizing abortion in the U.S. will be a huge blow to the global women's movement as well as women here. We cannot let that happen. --MJG |
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