Abortion Ban Already SD Law

Theron McChesney reports at South Dakota Progressive that all this brouhaha over abortion is utterly unnecessary. South Dakota already has a 2005 statute on the books, SDCL 22-17-5.1, that makes performing an abortion a Class 6 felony except for the purpose of saving the life of the mother. Written into the law is a trigger statement bringing it into effect the moment the Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade. Apparently, Hunt, Howie, Unruh, et al are now committed to creating the legislation that will bring on the legal challenge that will give them the chance to go to the Supreme Court and try to trigger the ban lurking n the law books. Alas, there goes another five (ten, fifteen...) million dollars to out-of-state lawyers and advertisers. Arrgh! South Dakota's already done its bit for th pro-life movement; how about North Dakota or Utah pick up the slack and let us concentrate on other more pressing issues (school funding and consolidation, minimum wage, health coverage, job creation, agriculture, pollution, alternative energy... all those things that will make life livable for all these precious children once they come out of the womb)?