Some Abortion Foes Question S.D. Tactics

[Breeze54]

They're getting worried, people!!
:thumbsup:

By DAVID CRARY (AP National Writer)
From Associated Press <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
March 07, 2006 9:00 PM EST

South Dakota has opted for a sweeping abortion ban and Mississippi
may soon follow, but for now, few other states seem eager to join
in an all-out challenge of Roe v. Wade.
Instead, many legislatures continue to chip away at abortion access
while awaiting the outcome of legal and electoral showdowns.
In Missouri, the anti-abortion governor and largest anti-abortion
group have expressed tactical doubts about a new proposal to
prohibit most abortions. In Georgia and Oklahoma, states where
anti-abortion sentiment is high, lawmakers are debating bills that
would add new hurdles for women seeking abortion but are
not considering bans.

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"Many anti-choice advocates think a frontal assault on Roe,
the way South Dakota is proceeding, is a mistake," she said Tuesday.
"The law will not go into effect...and if the Supreme Court does hear
the case and reaffirms Roe, they will have suffered a major setback." <--SNIP

Yet the National Right to Life Committee -
one of the country's leading anti-abortion groups -
has declined to embrace the South Dakota strategy.
Instead, it notes that the nine-member Supreme Court, even with the recent
addition of conservatives John Roberts and Samuel Alito,
still has a majority of at least five justices who support Roe.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_Abortion_Outlook.html

http://www.startribune.com/484/story/291288.html

[WilliamPitt]

1. Link?

[Breeze54]

4. I edited and added the links...the story is from the AP n/t

:thumbsup:

[WilliamPitt]

5. Many thanks

[BlooInBloo]

2. Just in case anyone hasn't seen the wonderful video...

... of just how unserious - intellectually - anti-choice people are, I've got it in my blog. The video's been makin the blog rounds, tho - I'm sure most of you have seen it...

http://punditician.blogspot.com/2006/03/anti-abortion-people-completely.html

[berni_mccoy]

3. The same argument that SD is using to outlaw abortion can be used on GUNS

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=602320&mesg_id=602320

[Sgent]

6. The Mississippi Law

is a trojon horse (for us). It was sponsered by a democratic abortion rights supporter, who knows it will go nowhere.

What the law also does is:

Makes education and healthcare an actionable right for all children in the state.

[Hidden Stillness]

7. A Threat So Direct That It Made All Things Clear

I agree that, although threatening, this overreach in South Dakota could end up being a galvanizing force for feminists generally. It can be hard to get people to react when the threat is one chipping-away here, or one slight legal modification there, but the heavy-handed attack on our right to a legal, medical abortion itself is a long-wondered-about nightmare come true. All the parades of wild-eyed anti-abortion terrorists with their posters of fetuses, and their twisted versions of Bible quotes--and their concealed guns and shreaking voices--now really strike fear, as they are being enabled to actually win victories here, where they never in a million years would, if anything had been put to a vote. It is all being done with subterfuge and going against the people's will. This direct threat makes everything clear, where all the attempts to convince people of the danger did not. This may end up being good, God help us.

[roguevalley]

8. all they have to do is not take the case and toss it back to a lower

court, waiting for the one that has all the right features.