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07/04/08 — This is really good news!  Provided by ZENIT:

South Dakota Women to be Told Abortion Ends a Life
State’s Informed Consent Law Passes Legal Hurdle

PIERRE, South Dakota, JULY 4, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Abortion providers in South Dakota should soon have to tell women that the procedure ends a human life.

A 7-4 decision by the full 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week ruled against a stay on the state’s informed consent law, passed by the legislature in 2005.

The law stipulates that a woman be informed that abortion “will terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique, living human being,” and that the woman has an existing, constitutional relationship with her unborn child.

Planned Parenthood, South Dakota’s only abortion provider, challenged the law as a violation of abortionists’ free speech. The district court had prevented the law from taking effect while the case was being decided.

The July 27 ruling of the federal appeals threw out the order, saying Planned Parenthood had not provided enough evidence to prove that the statement was not true. As a result, the court said, the statement is not ideological, but factual, and thus could not be considered a violation of abortionists’ rights.

The ruling sends the case back to the Rapid City District Court judge to determine if the law is constitutional.

Supporters of the law affirm that women have the right to be informed before making a decision on abortion.

State Attorney General Larry Long, who defended the law, told the Associated Press that the state can probably begin enforcing the law within weeks.

“The bottom line,” Long said, “is if the state legislature orders a professional to tell the truth, that’s not a violation of the First Amendment.”  

06/27/08
This is the sad story of an 11-year-old girl who was raped by her 19-year-old uncle.  She is now 21 weeks pregnant, and looking to get an abortion.  It is a very horrible thing for the girl to have been raped, and I have all kinds of empathy for her.  I know pregnancy can be difficult for a young girl, physically, as well as emotionally, but I just can’t see where abortion will help the situation.  I lost my own baby at about 20 weeks.  It looked like a perfect little baby, in miniature.  It had fingernails and everything.  The tiniest little ankle bones you’ve ever seen.  Poor little girl.  I would imagine that her parents are just trying to do what they think is best for her.  And, in her situation right now, not only does she have to deal with the rape, and the abortion, but it’s now an international news story.  Both her and her baby, and her whole family, need our prayers and God’s love.

06/27/08

Here is a commentary on the story of 17 pregnant high school girls, and their alleged pact to get pregnant.  In this article, the author hypothesizes that the boom in teen pregnancies and births doesn’t necessarily mean in increase in teen sex or conception, but rather a shift away from getting an abortion.  And that would be a really good reason to see more teens pregnant in school.  This society really needs to respect life more.  And supporting these young mothers in their decision to keep their babies — that’s a great thing!

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