South Dakota has become the first of several states to act on sweeping abortion bans proposed by state legislatures, passing a bill which would ban most abortions with a 50-18 vote Friday afternoon. The bill passed in the State Senate 23-12 on Wednesday, and the South Dakota Argus Leader reports that Governor Mike Rounds intends to sign the bill into state law, possbly setting up a Supreme Court challenge to the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which found the "right to an abortion" within the US Constitution.
The Georgia General Assembly is currently considering House Bill 93, a measure which would ban most abortions in the state. State Senator Brian Kemp, speaking to UGACR PR Director Jeff Emanuel, said that he would support such a bill if it came to the floor of the state Senate. He also spoke of his support for the "Full Disclosure Ultrasound Act," which would require doctors to perform an ultrasound on a pregnant woman, and offer the mother the opportunity to see the results, before conducting an abortion procedure, as well as the feticide bill, a version of the "Connor's Law" legislation which would hold a criminal who injured or murdered a pregnant woman resposible for damage to her unborn child as well.
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