South Dakota Reintroduces Abortion Ban With Stiffer Penalties
Georgia abortion ban introduced earlier this year.
Pierre, SD — Today the South Dakota House of Representatives once again introduced an abortion ban, but this time with harsher penalties. The new bill increases punishment for illegal abortion to a class 4 felony punishable by 10 years in prison.
Last year, South Dakota became the first state since the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision in 1973 to pass a near total ban on abortion, but the law was challenged by a voter referendum, where it was narrowly defeated because it did not include exceptions for rape and incest.
About 870 abortions take place in South Dakota every year, according to the most recent statistics listed with the Alan Guttmacher Institute, a pro-abortion organization that tracks abortion numbers.
“We know that some in the pro-life movement will be opposed this legislation because of the rape and incest exceptions, but we believe that position is irresponsible,” said Operation Rescue spokesperson Cheryl Sullenger. “A statistical analysis of abortions done in South Dakota indicates that if the current bill passes into law — even with the rape and incest exceptions — numerically it would allow only one abortion every four years. This means that over a four-year period, this legislation would save the lives of almost 3,500 children. To oppose this legislation would have to be considered ‘pro-abortion.’”
Earlier this year, Georgia introduced a bill to ban abortion that contained virtually no exceptions.
“This bill is the ideal, of course, and we pray that the State of Georgia will successfully enact this law,” said Sullenger. “In the meantime, Operation Rescue will continue to work on behalf of life until all pre-born babies in every state once again enjoy the legal protections of personhood, and the heinous act of abortion is brought to an end.”
February 1st, 2007 at 12:03 pm
Well done!! We had our 10th anniversary for the legalisation of abortion on demand here in South Africa today. We marched to parliament to demanded that this law be repealed. Its gonna be a long fight, but we are going to do it!
The 1st of February is now called the National Day Of Repentance. It is only when we as a nation repents of this national sin of abortion that God will heal our land.
February 1st, 2007 at 12:29 pm
Time for a new spokesperson! Allowing the murder of little boys and little girls because their father is a criminal is evil.
http://www.theologyonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35302
February 1st, 2007 at 5:23 pm
Mike,
Who says OR is “allowing” anything? A South Dakota bill tried to stop abortion for rape and incest last year and failed. They can’t save those babies. Now the people of SD are trying to save the ones they can. No one is “allowing” abortion for rape and incest. Those abortions will take place whether this bill is passed or not. It is just not in the power of the South Dakota legislature to stop it at this time. But this bill will save 870 babies per year. Those are babies that WILL die if this legislation fails. We can save them. Shall we stand by and “allow” them to die when it is in our power to stop it? That is what some might call “stinkin’ thinkin’.”
February 1st, 2007 at 6:56 pm
Yes children are sacred this is why if everything prolife really stands for is true and not a political outcry then every member of this organizations and others linked should be working towards the development of clean water and the right of life for all third world countries were the question isn’t to the right of life but how to keep it and allow the great gift of living a chance and seeing that our great God the almighty provider has never lied and said that there will always be a supply of what is gods for us to share than i will fully support life unbirthed as well but until that dilema has been cured and satisfied i will not take away a womans right to choose especially when we all bare the sins of the deaths of millions of children dying daily and without an outcry unless it offends the church or some type of religious entity when God clearly states love thy neighbor and to be thy brothers keeper this is a requirement of the soul to help those when in need not to fortify greed or personal agenda’s and that isn’t personal but I feel it is required when explaining this point so Ivalue and love life but sin has exploited the lives of many and it is a major sin for us to be in control with our great organizations and houses of god but yet so many of Gods children dye after they have recieved the opportunity to become a living being in this great world were we all have been given life by mercy and grace and live this is a major contridiction in what is said or even felt in the spirit of those who proclaim to be doing the will of almighty God so you see us Hu-mans have we really understood what God say’s when he say man’s destruction in the earth will be his own we watch death daily and yet we promote life but in the spirit of God we can’t serve both it’s either life for all or we will be the products of death and it is all of our sins not just those who advocate abortion but those who are prolife and haven’t stopped the death of all of Gods children . Thank you and God Bless !
February 1st, 2007 at 10:52 pm
Say what??
February 2nd, 2007 at 10:43 am
Rev. Kimberly,
You forgot your punctuation. And yes we love post-born children too, but our focus as anti-abortion organizations is to end abortion.
February 2nd, 2007 at 12:29 pm
Rev. Kimberly….With all due respect what in God’s name are you talking about????
February 2nd, 2007 at 1:07 pm
Rosey, consider this pledge:
http://63.247.143.234/
February 2nd, 2007 at 10:31 pm
Rev. Kimberly…you are so right…you do bare the burden for the deaths of millions of children if you “support a woman’s right to choose” such a tired, overused slogan if you ask me. stop being cutesy and actually look into what abortion is and there is no way any person with half a conscience could support it!
February 3rd, 2007 at 12:01 am
Does anyone know about the abortion ban in Louisiana? I seem to recall that one was signed by the governor there, but I have heard nothing about it in months.
February 4th, 2007 at 4:10 am
If the pro choice organization needs to remodel their signs I’d say they should read;KEEP MURDER [of children] LEGAL-if it were to be posted correctly.
February 4th, 2007 at 9:55 pm
Hi Kimberly. I refuse to address you as “reverend” for several reasons:
1) I do not believe you are a minister of any Christian Church. I judged this by the way you wrote and the poorness of not just the grammar and punctuation but on the fact that you had no clear point. Murder should be legal because of starving children? Clearly you are no minister and this is just some cutesy name you have.
2)The Bible speaks against abortion. I’m not even going to point out the verses. You should be able to find them yourself or look them up online.
3)You accused the pro-life movement of “greed” and “personal agenda” and basically hailed the pro-choice movement as a gift from God. Never have I EVER heard such uneducated remarks. Most likely your some teenage or young person posting. I am a teenager too but even I write better than this.
Nothing personal Kimberly but if your going to offer an opposing view you might wanna try looking at what you write before posting it.
February 6th, 2007 at 12:38 am
I agree completely with the 3 points by Servant4Christ.
I don’t think I have ever heard anyone say they will be pro-choice until all the world’s children quit dying? That is an absurd statement. We do live in a sinful world, and there will be childhood death, sadly, until the return of Christ. Advocating for some children, in this case the unborn, does not mean we forget about those *born* children who are dying. We need to respect each other’s burdens.
Some people, by virtue of their calling, will be outspoken for the unborn. Others, by virtue of a slightly different calling, will be outspoken about the children dying in Africa. God needs missionaries on both fields. There is no need for such division in the body of Christ. Let’s just humble our selves, respect what our fellow believers stand up for, and ask the Lord how we can best serve Him with the burdens He places on our hearts.
March 15th, 2008 at 9:13 am
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