South Dakota Senate approves ban on abortion

South Dakota Senate approves ban on abortion...

"For that one reason among many, the United States will suffer unless there is placed into your government a group that fears the Lord if they cannot love the Lord. They will fear Him and find measures to stop the slaughter of the unborn." - Our Lady, April 14, 1984

LifeNews.com reported on February 25, 2004:

On Tuesday, the South Dakota state Senate restored a bill that would ban most abortions in the state and gave it conditional approval. If it receives final approval and is signed by the governor, the legislation sets up a legal battle that will almost definitely wind its way to the Supreme Court.
     A Senate legislative committee previously changed the state-House approved abortion ban and made it into a Right to Know bill, but the full Senate decided to undo those changes on Tuesday. With an 18-16 vote, senators chose to restore the original abortion ban language.
     That vote initially was tied, 17 to 17, but Sen. William Napoli, R-Rapid City, switched his vote at the last moment.
     After restoring the original language, senators voted down an attempt to include exceptions for rape and incest in the bill. The legislation allows abortions in the very rare cases when the pregnancy directly threatens the life of the mother.
     Rep. Matt McCaulley, R-Sioux Falls, said the legislation would need to survive a conference committee to iron out the differences from the House and Senate. However, he expected the bill to emerge from the committee intact and said he expected it would be signed by pro-life Gov. Mike Rounds.
     Many legislators were concerned that the bill, that seeks to overturn Roe v. Wade, would almost certainly be struck down by the Supreme Court, which currently has a pro-abortion majority. Some say such a decision would further etched the Roe decision in stone, making it more difficult to overturn later.

"We warned you over and over again, through years of visitations upon earth--My Mother going to and fro to warn you, that those who have given themselves over to debasement, by the practice of homosexuality, birth control, abortion and all other aberrations that bring sorrow to My Mother's heart--this must be stopped now. There shall be no excuse accepted in Heaven by the saints, nor by My Mother and I, or the Eternal Father and the Holy Ghost, for what you are doing upon earth now." - Jesus, June 6, 1987

Directives from Heaven...

D23 - Abortion
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Outside Links…

Abortion:

Sin to vote for pro-abortion politicians? Fr. Matthew Habiger
http://www.ewtn.com/library/ISSUES/SINTOVOT.HTM

2002 Canonical Petition to Excommunicate Culture of Death "Catholics"
http://www.cathfam.org/cfexcom/Excom.html

“Whoever is not with Me, is against Me,” Archbishop William Levada
http://www.ewtn.com/library/BISHOPS/LEVADA.HTM

Declaration on procured abortion (CDF, November 18, 1974)
http://www.ewtn.com/library/CURIA/CDFABORT.HTM

The Gospel of Life, Pope John Paul II, March 25, 1995
http://www.ewtn.com/library/ENCYC/JP2EVANG.HTM

Contraception:

Faithfulness to the Divine Plan in the Transmission of Life Pope John Paul II's General Audience (8 August 1984)

Humanae Vitae Pope Paul VI - Encyclical - On the Regulation of Births (25 July 1968)

Contraception Versus Abortion: A Comparison and Some Implications, By Msgr. Vincent Foy, PhD.

Contraception and Catholic Teaching, Donald DeMarco, Ph.D.

God and the Pill, Terence J. Hughes

Abortifacients, Charles M. Mangan

Contraception: Fatal to the Faith and to Eternal Life, John A. Hardon, S.J.

Is Contraception Gravely Sinful Matter? by Fr Lino Ciccone CM (from L'Osservatore Romano, 4 December 1996)

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