Politicians Being Just A Bit Too Bold

With all the anti-videogame legislation, one would think that would be the limit of stupid use of money to defend a state law/faint a political position. Well, now we have got a worse case then that.
A South Dakota bill would ban almost all forms of abortion, and it's on the way to the Govenor (story: http://abcnews.go.com/US/LegalCenter/wireStory?id=1651458). The bill even had the main sponsor in the form of Democratic Senater Julie Bartling. One reason that this bill was put into place was the recent Bush appointments of Judge Roberts and Alito to the Supreme Court.
Umm...good luck with that. If it somehow gets past the Govenor (either with his/her approval or with a over-ridden veto), I doubt it would even pass through one level of the courts, even less making it to the Supreme Court.

Actually, as I was researching this, this isn't that new. Wikipedia notes that in 2004, a similar bill was passed, with a executive veto. Here is the part in the article (found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Dakota#Politics).

"For example, South Dakota is considered one of the most politically anti-abortion states in U.S. In 2004, a law to completely ban the practice passed both houses of the legislature but was vetoed by the Governor due to a technicality. The state's Legislature passed five laws restricting abortion in 2005, and a 2005 state task force reccomended that the legislature ban all abortions and challenge the constitutionality of Roe v. Wade. In February 2006, HB1215 which would outlaw abortion in all forms except that to save the life of the mother was passed in the House. A similar version was passed in the Senate on February 22nd and will be sent back to the House to reconcile differences before being sent to the governor."

By the way, Wikipedia also has a good article on Roe v. Wade (here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade). If you're wondering my opinion on the pro-choice/pro-life debate (which I find ironic that neither camp really uses the word abortion, despite that being the center of the debate), I actually agree with the ruling on the case.