Rounds has signed SD bill to abolish abortion.

South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds has signed a bill into law that will now abolish abortion (with exceptions, but nonetheless), saying, "In the history of the world, the true test of a civilization is how well people treat the most vulnerable and most helpless in their society. The sponsors and supporters of this bill believe that abortion is wrong because unborn children are the most vulnerable and most helpless persons in our society. I agree with them."

This bill passed the legislature and before the ink had dried on the legislation, assorted leftist organizations, determined to keep their profit margin high and the numbers of "inconvenient babies" low, have already threatened lawsuits. It has never been clear to me, by the way, why these same leftists will go to the ends of the Earth to protect a death row inmate, but cannot bring themselves to do the same for a baby. They seem determined to save the guilty and exterminate the innocent.

There is an interesting debate in the pro-life community as to the timing of these bills given the challenges that will drag this all the way to the Supreme Court. Some believe that the South Dakota legislature should have waited and others believe that given the notion that at least one more Supreme Court Justice could be replaced during the Bush Administration. Given how long it takes to get a court case to and through the Supreme Court, it could take some considerable time to get to the highest court in the land.

Even if another SCOTUS confirmation battle isn't in the immediate future, it would seem that Chief Justice Roberts has quite a talent for mustering unanimous decisions since his tenure began on the Court on some hot-button issues.