South Dakota Anti-Abortion Act Signed

Governor Mike Rounds ignores Roe v. Wade and signs South Dakota's anti-abortion law Women’s Health and Human Life Protection Act.

No person may knowingly administer to, prescribe for, or procure for, or sell to any pregnant woman any medicine, drug, or other substance with the specific intent of causing or abetting the termination of the life of an unborn human being. No person may knowingly use or employ any instrument or procedure upon a pregnant woman with the specific intent of causing or abetting the termination of the life of an unborn human being.

Any violation of this section is a Class 5 felony.

Section 3. That chapter 22-17 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:

Nothing in section 2 of this Act may be construed to prohibit the sale, use, prescription, or administration of a contraceptive measure, drug or chemical, if it is administered prior to the time when a pregnancy could be determined through conventional medical testing and if the contraceptive measure is sold, used, prescribed, or administered in accordance with manufacturer instructions.

This act is telling women when they can take contraception. Doctors face prosecution if they abort a fetus to aid women in medically dire, but non-life-threatening situations. The act states that this nonsense is "confirmed by scientific advances." I want a list of these scientists and medical professionals.

I still think this is political suicide for Republicans.