South Dakota: "Screw Roe v. Wade"

[glowbelly]

ok. not the end.

i read the bill and i have this to say about it:

in regards to the section about not giving a pregnant woman any drug or chemical that can terminate a pregnancy (as defined by the bill):

they better take vitamin c, black cohash, and dong quai off the market, because i can tell you right now that the correct dosage of those supplements taken shortly after unprotected sex can make the uterus a hostile environment for a fertilized egg.

also: why isn't there an exception for cases of rape or incest?

and...

adoption. ok. i hear this talked about a lot as an option for unwanted pregnancies, but i don't think it's the answer for a lot of women. it is not so easy to decide that you are going to carry a child for 9 months only to give it up. once that baby is born, no matter what age the mother is, certain innate responses kick in (biological? i don't know) and there is a connection there. after my son was born and i got home from the hospital, my aunt and my husband took over caring for him so i could get some rest. he was out of my sight for just over 2 hours and i started to freak the hell out. i was crying, shaking, and sick to my stomach. i felt like i was dying and i'm not over-exaggerating this sensation. i had no idea what was wrong with me until my aunt brought my son in to see me. that's all i needed. the separation from him was unbearable. 2 hours, ladies and gents. that's all it took for me to have a severe nervous breakdown from being away from my kid. now granted, i wanted this child, but i can't help to think that a lot of what i was going through was biological. what do you do with a mother who gave her kid up and is going through that pain?