Since when is South Dakota at the forefront of anything other than national monuments?

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Leave it to one of the most forgotten states (I dare you to think of its capital without Googling it) to be on the leading edge of a growing Conservative moment trying to overturn Roe v. Wade. This state is so backwards - sorry, I meant to say, obsessed with "fundamental family values" - that even the Democratic party is in favor of outlawing abortion. The ban they are trying to push through legislation would make it illegal for doctors to perform abotions unless the mother's life were in danger - which means even in incest or rape cases, no abortions are allowed. So, Suzie, if you get raped by your uncle and get pregnant at 15 years old, sorry, but, in the words of Madonna herself, you're keeping your baby. Does that make ANY sense at all? I mean, I suppose if that is what God intended. Somehow the whole creation of life by something as hideous as rape, by a member of her family no less, just doesn't seem to fall under the category of "miracle" as much as "travesty". On the other hand, just because the child was created out of a horrible act or situation, it doesn't necessarily mean that child will enter this world bearing any ailments as a direct result - except in the incest cases, which probably would result in some sort of genetic abnormality - so the child shouldn't be punished by not being allowed to exist simply due to the fact that its mother was raped. But, if you're going to make that arguement, what about the mother!? She was RAPED! This wasn't an invited act of sexual intercourse that she could've prevented to avoid pregnancy. It must be nice to sit up there on their pedastals all high and mighty, proclaiming that human life is sacred and must be preserved. It's great in theory and in just about all cases - I don't agree with capital punishment - but come on. There is no equivolent situation to hypothetically put men into in order to realize just how conflicting of a situation that would be. If a woman is raped and becomes pregnant and she feels disgusting to be carrying that horrible person's child, who are we to tell her she HAS to have this baby and be a mother? That is not our decision whatsoever. What if you're a man and you're walking to your car at night and someone comes at you, beats the hell out of you, kicks you repeatedly in the groin, and then to top it off, hands you a baby and you HAVE to keep it? It makes no sense at all. It should be her decision. We love to push our moral beliefs onto the masses. If you think that abortion is a sin, then don't do it. Either way, that small cluster of cells barely big enough to be called a zygote honestly won't care either way.

Also, I like how the pro-choicers are considered to be progressive... it seems to be the P.C. term of the moment. So progressive thinking is the opposite of the fundamental family values. If that line of thinking is progressive, then doesn't that make the others regressive? I'm not sure, but somehow it doesn't seem like regressive thinking it going to get us anywhere.