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Apr 18

Group to Gov. Rounds: Prevent unwanted pregnancy

Category: Social Issues

By Denise Ross

This from my e-mail box:

PRESS ADVISORY:  Diverse South Dakota Organizations Come Together – Ask Governor Rounds for Common Sense Solutions to Unintended Pregnancy

Who:  9 diverse organizations concerned with the health and well being of women joined together to ask the Governor to use his leadership to find practical solutions to unintended pregnancy in South Dakota.  The group consists of members of AAUW South Dakota, Democracy In Action – Rapid City, South Dakota League of Women Voters, NARAL Pro-Choice South Dakota, National Women’s Political Caucus – South Dakota, Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, South Dakota Advocacy Network for Women and the South Dakota Coalition Against Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault and South Dakota NOW.
 
What:  Coinciding press conferences in Sioux Falls and Rapid City.

Where:  In Rapid City, the press event will be held at the Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn in the Board Room. The Sioux Falls event will be held in the Embassy III Room of the Downtown Holiday Inn City Centre.

When:  Both events will take place on Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008. The Rapid City event begins at 11:30 MST and the Sioux Falls press conference starts at 12:30 CST.

Why:  Unintended pregnancy is a serious public health issue in South Dakota.  By using his leadership, the organizations involved believe the Governor can put together sound policy that will reduce the number of unintended pregnancies and the need for abortion in this state.

Here’s the opening salvo in the do-they- or do-they-not want to go after birth control discussion. With another abortion ban on the 2008 ballot, I expect the birth control question to be a bigger part of the debate than it was last time.

Some abortion rights advocates are convinced that their anti-abortion counterparts don’t plan to stop should Roe v. Wade fall. Some anti-abortion activists call this fear-mongering.

With the Pope in town and the gov a devout Catholic, well …

Care to place any wagers on whether Rounds will respond at all?

2 Comments so far

  1. caheidelberger April 19th, 2008 6:46 am

    The Governor respond? Not if the message came by e-mail… ;-)

  2. caheidelberger April 19th, 2008 6:47 am

    …and not if it requires him to act according to some consistent principle.

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