The South Dakota Abortion Ban=Really Bad News

Goodbye, Roe. As if a federal late-term abortion ban with no exception for a woman's health wasn't enough, now South Dakota anti-choicers are pushing through a near-total abortion ban with no exception for a woman's health, or in cases of rape or incest. A ban they're hoping will be challenged in court all the way up to the Supreme Court. From the Boston Globe:

PIERRE, S.D. -- South Dakota lawmakers approved a ban on nearly all abortions yesterday, setting up a frontal assault on Roe v. Wade at a time when some activists see the US Supreme Court as more willing than ever to overturn the 33-year-old decision.

Governor Mike Rounds, a Republican, said he was inclined to sign the bill, which would make it a crime for doctors to perform an abortion unless it was necessary to save the woman's life. The measure would make no exception in cases of rape or incest.

Apparently the bill includes a five-year jail term for doctors. I don't have much blogging time this morning, but for some more thoughts, see Pandagon, FireDogLake, Shakespeare's Sister, and Shakespeare's Sister again. Also, Ann Telnaes has a cartoon on the subject.

And for more on the federal ban, see Feministe and Bitch Ph. D..

Update: Feministing has a lot more analysis on what the South Dakota ban could mean.