Forecast: frigidity in South Dakota

The state legislature voted to ban abortion today. Now it's just waiting for the (anti-abortion) governor to sign it. No exceptions for rape, incest, or the mother's health.

Interestingly, the bill, if it becomes law and is upheld by the Supreme Court, will charge doctors with a felony--meaning that the Minnesota doctors who currently fly in to perform abortions in Sioux Falls (since no South Dakota doctor has the guts to do it) will surely take their services elsewhere--but not women who get abortions. Adding insult to future injury, the South Dakota legislature voted down an amendment to prohibit state spending on defending the bill--so South Dakotan's tax dollars will be going towards legal fees rather than, say, providing birth control and/or financial support to the 800 women a year who have abortions there--which might reduce the number even further. Of course, women with money will just leave the state for their abortions. If they're smart, a lot of them won't come back.

I predict that poor and principled women in South Dakota will start learning how to do at-home d&cs. I also understand that cocaine and/or throwing yourself downstairs can often induce a miscarriage.