Voters in South Dakota have defeated a draconian ban on abortions, which would have outlawed the procedure in every instance, except to save the life of the mother.
This contest was an important battleground for the grass-roots far-right forces in their quest to overturn Roe v Wade.
It was also an important test of pro-choice strategy; could democracy--something reproductive rights organizations have often been afraid of--be a better guardian of our rights than the legislature or the courts?
The Nation
Voters in South Dakota have defeated a draconian ban on abortions, which would have outlawed the procedure in every instance, except to save the life of the mother.
This contest was an important battleground for the grass-roots far-right forces in their quest to overturn Roe v Wade.
It was also an important test of pro-choice strategy; could democracy–something reproductive rights organizations have often been afraid of–be a better guardian of our rights than the legislature or the courts?
In this case, it proved to be.
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