South Dakota bans most abortions

Originally Posted by Legato

Why would it matter? You could just go out of state to get your baby killed. It's not like your baby would come back to life if you travelled back into South Dakota, lol.

That's actually one of the arguments against it. Poor women without a means of transportation or in abusive relationships might not be able to get away to an out of state clinic.

And Murdercrow, I don't believe most states require you to have permanent residence in the state to get an abortion. Otherwise it would make it awfully difficult for those rich out-of-state college girls that are supposedly getting these things done weekly.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Zio

You call that forcing? If thier forcing thier beliefs on you, then you are techincally forcing your morals and beliefs by saying FUCK YOU, I'm right, your wrong and your a fucktard.

Is it really forcing abortions on them if they're not going to use the procedure anyway?

To me it's kinda like with prohibition. I can't figure for the life of me figure out how those temperists would have their rights taken away by the drunken hordes when, you know, they don't drink alcohol and aren't being forced to.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I think that might also come out of the "My rights end where yours begin."

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In a well run democracy, I don't see freedom as being as important, let alone more important, than the majority's opinion. It's pretty clear what the people of South Dakota want. If you're saying that your freedom is more important than the majority's decisions, why have any laws at all?

Isn't that one of the reasons we're not a pure democracy?

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Minion

We're not a pure democracy because when our country was founded, it was not practical. We remain a fake democracy because it's nearly impossible to change anything in this country, especially when the people in power are so comfortable.

You want to get rid of the Supreme Court?

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Legato

Wait, so an abortion is free?

I think they're relatively inexpensive or clinics offer to do it for free if a person can't afford to pay for it.

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Also, the part about about abusive relationships, I don't get. So whoever (probably boyfriend/baby's daddy) is like eff u, you're not going out to get an abortion. If this were the case, I don't see how it would be any easier/harder to actually get one if they had to go down the block or the interstate BESIDES the factor of how much gas is going to be needed or how much the Greyhound is going to cost.

Either way when a few months pass and her stomach isn't any bigger, she's going to get "in trouble".

I think the situation would be more that the woman wouldn't want the man to know she's pregnant and wouldn't want to have a child from the father (since he doesn't seem to be the fatherly type) but knows he wouldn't approve of it, so she wants to get it done secretly. If she had to disappear to another state, he might get a little suspicious of why she disappeared for a day or two without telling him. =\

Then again, I might just watch way to much Law & Order.

I was speaking idiomatically.