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PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) — They agree that every life is worth protecting – but they disagree on how to get there. Pro-life forces debated against each other in Pierre Thursday morning, as a legislative committee defeated a bill that was intended to end abortion in South Dakota. The bill, sponsored by Representative Tony Randolph, would have applied homicide and wrongful death protection to unborn children and opened women who have an abortion to criminal charges.
Dale Bartscher of South Dakota Right to Life was among those testifying against the bill, saying his organization has passionately opposed the injustice of abortion for decades, and has just as passionately opposed policies that would criminally punish women. The committee defeated the bill and deferred it to the 41st legislative day, which effectively kills the measure for this year.
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