So, i read the blog of
Ann Althouse, a lawprof up at the University of Wisconsin. She's fairly moderate--liberal on some things, conservative on others, and whether i agree with her or not i have a lot of respect for her because no matter what decision she's made it's something she's thought about very carefully.
Anyway, the important things to know about her in this instance are that she's a feminist and a law professor, and again, she's pretty calm and rational about things, so she's someone whose opinion i'm more inclined to consider.
And
here's what she says about the South Dakota issue: "I think [South Dakota Governor] Rounds and others sense that they are making a terrible misstep. The very harshness of this law will remind ordinary people why they have quietly, over the years, accepted the individual's right to make a private decision about whether to continue a pregnancy. More modest efforts at constraining the right may have been tolerated. But this remorseless intrusion on the individual should backfire on abortion opponents. Even if they manage to get the Court to overturn Roe v. Wade -- and I don't think they will -- the political support for abortion rights should make that victory Pyrrhic."
It's not time to claim victory, but i think she's right--this probably will do more harm than good to the anti-abortion cause.