South Dakota’s Sneaky Little End Run

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A campaign to push the legislation through the U.S. court system up to the Supreme Court where South Dakotans can lead the charge to overturn Roe v. Wade, will cost over $1 million. South Dakota doesn’t have that kind of money. So the Governor is studying ways of accepting into the state treasury private funds with which to wage the battle in the name of the South Dakota citizenry. In short,the well-heeled opponents of abortion are going to hire the public state government to fight their battle.

And potential donors are being very, very cagey about whether they’re going to fund this projected end run to overturn Roe v. Wade. So very sneaky.

Because they know that if it came to a vote, the people would keep abortion a safe and legal right. Sure, it should be rare. But it should be available should a woman be desperate enough to choose between a medical procedure, and household implements…

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