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South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds signed a bill Monday that bans nearly all abortions in the state, legislation in direct conflict with the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in 1973.
...Although the law -- intended as a constitutional challenge to Roe v. Wade -- is set to take effect July 1, Rounds said in the statement that he expects legal action will prevent that. He added that a settlement of the issue could take years and might ultimately be decided by the nation's highest court.
Yep, if you're raped in South Dakota and get pregnant, they want you raising the rapist's child.
It's not that I'm particularly pro-life or pro-choice. It's just that anything that mathematically decreases the odds of another Paris Hilton or Bill Romanowski being born is a good thing to me.
...Although the law -- intended as a constitutional challenge to Roe v. Wade -- is set to take effect July 1, Rounds said in the statement that he expects legal action will prevent that. He added that a settlement of the issue could take years and might ultimately be decided by the nation's highest court.
Yep, if you're raped in South Dakota and get pregnant, they want you raising the rapist's child.
It's not that I'm particularly pro-life or pro-choice. It's just that anything that mathematically decreases the odds of another Paris Hilton or Bill Romanowski being born is a good thing to me.
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True adults can take advantage of teenagers who may not recognize or realize the consequences of their actions.
Like all those 13 year olds who end up on Rikki Lake wanting to be mothers, and then go through "Baby, Think It Over" and decide, "No. Not ready yet" afterward.
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There are plenty of people that are mentally "ready" to have sex so I don't swee the problem, but ah well.
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And while there may be 13 year olds who are mentally and emotionally ready to have sex and deal with it on an adult level, the vast majority of kids that age are still kids. Which is where the problem is.
The few who are advanced for their age cannot be the example by which the law operates, because we'd have pregnant 8 -13 year olds who couldn't handle it, even though you'd get one or two who were completely able to cope.
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I agree that 13 year olds shouldn't be having sex, but for some reason I had a moment when you said "teenagers" and thought you were including 18 year olds in that. Oi. My it's been a long day...