SD Governor Mike Rounds: Veto the abortion ban

Dear [South Dakota] Governor Rounds:

I am writing to urge you to veto the abortion ban now upon your desk. By not allowing exceptions for rape or incest victims, the bill simply goes too far.

I am particularly appalled at the invocation of Christianity to justify such a brutal prohibition. My mother is a native South Dakotan (from Vienna) and a Lutheran minister. Three of my grandparents are also from South Dakota (Britton, Willow Lake and Watertown). They raised me to believe that Jesus stood for compassion. Forcing a young girl to bear the child of her rapist is such an act of cruelty that the Christ I worship would certainly condemn it.

What has South Dakota come to, that such a bill could gain passage? I hope you will send this bill back to the Legislature and tell them to get it right.

South Dakota abortion ban is un-Christian

South Dakota's proposed new abortion ban exposes the un-Christian nature of the so-called "Christian" Right.

This new law bans abortions even in cases of rape or incest. A girl who is molested by her father will be forced to bear her father's child. A rape victim will be forced to deliver the offspring of her rapist.

I cannot think of anything more cruel or lacking in compassion. Jesus Christ stood for love and compassion, and he would not stand for this.

Those who celebrate this legislation in Christ's name make a mockery of Christianity, and are hypocrites of the worst order.