by Jeffrey R. Snell
On Monday March 6th, 2006, Governor Mike Rounds of South Dakota signed into law a bill that makes all abortion illegal, with a solitary exception to protect the mother's life. No allowances based on maturity of the pregnancy, no exceptions for rape or incest. Several more states are preparing to draft similar legislation. Many commentators are labeling this event as a transparent set-up to challenge the infamous Roe v. Wade decision by the U.S. Supreme Court which legalized abortion in 1973.
This courageous act by Governor Rounds obviously leaves the "partial-birth abortion" debate/legislation moot in South Dakota. Supporters of abortion-on-demand (at any point during pregnancy without parental notice/consent) will be shifting arguments and protests away from defending a specific and fairly rare type of abortion to the acceptability of the general practice. I anticipate that many abortion-supporters will likely respond quickly to the governor's action with pleas for the health and well-being of the mother: "What about the poor teenage girl who is raped? What about the young girl who is impregnated incestuously? Don't you care about them?" This is a perfectly valid response and one which we who call Christ Lord must be prepared to answer...
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