Letters to the Editor
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actually, he's probably incorrect
What the good Senator is referencing is a "suicidal" loop hole in the law. This was depicted wonderfully in Vera Drake, as women "of substance" could go to several doctors and make a case for being "unable to go on" if they continued with their pregnancy, and the mds would then send them to a plush clinic to perform the abortion. Those who could not afford such MD visits and clinic stays were forced to rely on lay abortionists like Drake to help them end their pregnancies in their own homes.
All the Senator's qualifiers aside (he is a squirmy maladjusted little twerp, isn't he?) I doubt such an exemption would be easy to come by in S.D., and one can easily see them resorting more quickly to incarcerating the suicidal to keep them from aborting, rather than saying "Well, gosh, if you feel that strongly about it just go ahead." Compassion is not on display in S.D. right now, and I doubt it will be any time soon. And if it is on display, it will have ENORMOUS religious overtones, as the good Senator shows us so eloquently.
Salem witch trials, anyone?