South Dakota Extends Abortion Waiting Period

[ennifer_jay]

South Dakota governor signs extended abortion wait period law
Fri Mar 8, 2013 4:52pm EST

(Reuters) - South Dakota Republican Governor Dennis Daugaard on Friday signed into law a measure that excludes weekends and holidays from the state's 72-hour waiting period for abortions, potentially making the wait the longest in the nation.The Republican-

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[dafairyness]

How come South Dakota doesn't have a tag?

Because it is the lesser of the two Dakotas. (sorry, bad nd humor over here) But seriously, can we be done with this race to the bottom? It's getting really old.

[moonshaz]

There really should be a tag for every state, imo. All of them.

[tabaqui]

So fucking sick of this shite. Jayzus.

[rhysande]

The long wait and the exclusion of weekends and holidays from the 72 hour waiting period are unnecessarily burdensome, both in financial terms and the time a woman can take away from her job or family. That women seeking abortions will now be required to visit Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs), run by anti-abortion Christian groups and staffed by volunteers without medical backgrounds, for "anti-coercion counseling" before the 72 hour count can start is equally outrageous.

[underlankers]

Fucking misogynistic scumbags.

[roseofjuly]

If the waiting period is supposed to be a period to think about the impending abortion and decide whether one really wants it, there is absolutely no reason to exclude holidays and weekends, given that you can think just as well on a Saturday as you can on a Thursday. This is purely designed to try to stop women from getting abortions.

[zinnia_rose]

THIS. What, are women only capable of thinking on weekdays?

[ennifer_jay]

yes actually women's brains are inherently inferior and therefore incapable of thinking 24/7 so we need men to think for us on holidays and weekends. this is why women need men donchaknow?

[zinnia_rose]

Oh yeah, how could I forget that? I guess it's because I don't have a man thinking for me.