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(2/22/2006)

 

 

South Dakota Abortion Ban - Who Voted For It, Who Didn't

HB 1215 passes SD Senate 23-12

 

By Bob Ellis

Dakota Voice

HB 1215 to ban most abortions in South Dakota passed the Senate today in a 23-12 vote.  The bill had passed the state House two weeks ago in a 47-22 vote. 

The bill now goes back to the House for reconciliation due to a slight change to the bill introduced by the Senate:

Moreover, the Legislature finds that the guarantee of due process of law under the Constitution of South Dakota applies equally to born and unborn human beings, and that under the Constitution of South Dakota, a pregnant mother and her unborn child, each possess a natural and inalienable right to life.

The change does not alter the essential meaning of the bill.

Here is how the members of the South Dakota Senate voted today:

Abdallah Yea Adelstein Nay Apa Yea
Bartling Yea Bogue Yea Broderick Yea
Dempster Nay Duenwald Yea Duniphan Nay
Earley Yea Gant Yea Gray Yea
Greenfield Yea Hansen (Tom) Yea Hanson (Gary) Nay
Hundstad Nay Kelly Yea Kloucek Yea
Knudson Nay Koetzle Yea Kooistra Nay
Koskan Yea Lintz Yea McCracken Nay
McNenny Yea Moore Yea Napoli Yea
Nesselhuf Nay Olson (Ed) Nay Peterson (Jim) Yea
Schoenbeck Yea Smidt Yea Sutton (Dan) Yea
Sutton (Duane) Nay Two Bulls Nay

The members of the South Dakota House voted as follows on February 9, 2006:

Boomgarden Yea Bradford Nay Brunner Yea
Buckingham Yea Cutler Nay Davis Yea
Deadrick Yea Dennert Nay Dykstra Yea
Elliott Nay Faehn Yea Frost Yea
Fryslie Yea Garnos Yea Gassman Yea
Gillespie Yea Glenski Yea Glover Nay
Hackl Nay Haley Nay Halverson Nay
Hanks Nay Hargens Nay Haverly Yea
Heineman Yea Hennies Nay Hills Yea
Howie Yea Hunhoff Yea Hunt Yea
Jensen Excused Jerke Yea Klaudt Yea
Koistinen Yea Kraus Yea Krebs Yea
Kroger Yea Lange Yea McCoy Yea
McLaughlin Nay Michels Yea Miles Yea
Murschel Nay Nelson Yea Novstrup Yea
O'Brien Nay Olson (Ryan) Yea Pederson (Gordon) Yea
Peters Yea Putnam Yea Rausch Yea
Rave Yea Rhoden Yea Roberts Nay
Rounds Yea Schafer Yea Sebert Yea
Sigdestad Nay Street Nay Thompson Nay
Tidemann Nay Tornow Yea Turbiville Yea
Valandra Nay Van Etten Yea Van Norman Nay
Vehle Nay Weems Yea Wick Yea
Willadsen Yea

After reconciliation between the state Senate and House, the bill will then go to Governor Mike Rounds for consideration.  Rounds rejected a similar bill two years ago because of fears that South Dakota's existing abortion restrictions might be nullified during the certain court battle for the law.  However, supporters say those concerns have been addressed in this bill.

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