abortion, the neverending debate.

Today Mike Rounds, the governor of South Dakota, signed a bill banning abortions in the state. If the law is passed it will make abortion a crime unless it is a procedure necessary to save the mothers life. No abortion will be permitted otherwise, even to rape victims and incestual babies. The signing of the bill is a direct challenge to a 1973 court ruling that made abortion legal in all 50 states. Planned Parenthood, the only facility that currently aborts in the state is expected to challenge governor Rounds, in court. The tenative date for the bill to go into effect is July, however if everything happens as expected, it will probably be several years before and final decisions will be made because of court hearings and whatnot.

After some research about the subject, I have learned that abortion can be traced back to ancient times when unwated babies were aborted through several methods. Many of these methods include what we consider today to be ways of accidentally losing babies, i.e. falling, violent activities, horseback riding etc. In 1973 a controversial court case (Roe v. Wade) made abortion legal, citing that it was a persons right to privacy to get an abortion. This however conflicted with ideas that abortion is the same as murder, which is still debated heavily today. Some argue that abortion has to do with equal rights for males and females, because men never have to worry about being pregnant themselves. Today it is still a heated debate worldwide. Canada, the United Kingdom, Austraulia, Germany and other countries are in the same position as the United States on the matter. Abortion will be an issue debated forever probably, or atleast throught my lifetime, though I hope to see it outlawed as soon as possible.