Abortion Bill

Argus Leader:

The state House of Representatives voted this afternoon to give final legislative approval to a bill that would ban nearly all abortions in South Dakota and sent the bill to Gov. Mike Rounds.

Earlier in the day, Rounds said he’s inclined to sign the bill, which is likely to create a U.S. Supreme Court challenge to the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.

That will happen if he determines that it can save lives, he said at a press conference.

The governor did say, though, that “Personally, I think we will save more lives by continuing to chip away at Roe versus Wade’’ than by what he called a frontal assault as envisioned in the South Dakota Legislature’s bill.