South Dakota Group Opposed to State Abortion Ban Launches Advertisement

The South Dakota Campaign for Healthy Families -- a coalition that successfully blocked the July 1 enactment of a law (HB 1215) banning abortion in the state except to save a woman's life by gathering enough signatures to put the issue on the November ballot -- on Monday launched its first television advertisement calling on voters to reject the law, the AP/Rapid City Journal reports. The ad asks, "Should a woman who's the victim of rape or incest be left with no option?" It adds that the law, on the November ballot as Referred Law 6, does not make exceptions to the abortion ban in cases of rape, incest or when the pregnant woman's health is in jeopardy. Leslee Unruh of VoteYesforLife.com, which supports the law, said the law "does give options" to rape or incest survivors under a provision that says survivors could obtain emergency contraception before a pregnancy could be detected by conventional testing. According to Jan Nicolay, co-chair of Campaign for Healthy Families, "The law allows the government to intrude into a difficult, private decision that should be made by a woman, her family and her doctor." Nicolay added, "I'm confident that when voters learn there is no exception for rape, incest or the health of the mother, they will vote against the ban".

Let's just make this clear once and for all: There is NO exception in this law for rape or incest, no matter what the nest of vipers say. How ironic that they suddenly support emergency contraception after fighting its FDA approval for 3 years. Funny how they suddenly don't agree with their own words, that EC is an "abortifacient". Where did that strong-held belief go? And let's not for a second think that EC is a true choice for rape victims. EC must be taken within 72 hours. Most rape victims are hardly in the state of mind to be on a timeline to prevent a potential pregnancy. Let's not forget that minors must still obtain a doctors script to receive EC at the pharmacy, so what if she is raped on Friday night at 7pm after doctor offices close? Nice.
Oh and yea, did these Fetus Fanatics mention that South Dakota has a law protecting rogue pharmacists from dispensing morals onto women? They are legally allowed to refuse to fill legal, valid prescriptions for birth control, all the while questioning women's behavior. Are you a pharmacist or my priest? The majority of South Dakota is rural, where is the next hospital? Where is the next pharmacy? If a woman does get there--she is NOT gauranteed EC. So tell me...where is the choice in that? Where is this so-called "exception"? Vinctims of repeat abuse will not seek EC after every assualt. It's just ridiculous to think this, or to even place that responsibility onto women.
Bag-o-douche Leslee Unruh and her Goons are contradicting their own words, attempting to replace EC with abortion as a true alternative and are simply a bunch of assbags.

The Christian Reich can twist and lie all they want, the fact remains that this law re-victimizes assault survivors, forces unwanted pregnancies onto women and strips them of any sense of personal autonomy. Big government does not own women's vaginas. Big government has no place, NONE, in medical decisions. Neither does anyone else. Women are not vessels existing solely to incubate the Supreme Fetus.