South Dakota approves abortion ban

It looks like the South Dakota legislature is about to pass a ban on all abortions except when the life of the mother is at risk. They are specifically aiming to have this loss taken to the Supreme Court in the hopes of getting Roe v. Wade overturned. Here are a few disturbing snippets from the article:

Under the new bill, doctors in South Dakota would face up to five years in prison for performing an abortion. The only exception would be for women who need abortions to save their lives...

[L]awmakers were told an anonymous donor has pledged to give the state $1 million to defend the abortion ban in court. The Legislature is setting up a special account to accept donations from the public because other people want to contribute to the legal fight.

"I can tell you first-had we've had people stopping in our office trying to drop off checks to promote the defense of this legislation already," Rounds said.

Read full article on MSNBC.com

If you want to contribute funds to help defeat this abortion ban and others like it, make a donation to Planned Parenthood Federation of America. They will be filing suit on this as soon as the law passes.