According to the Rapid City Journal, a far-Left liberal group called Democracy in Action, along with several other liberal groups, are upset that Governor Mike Rounds wouldn't play along in their efforts to undermine a pro-life measure headed for the ballot in South Dakota in November.
Cynthia Hilton, chairwoman of the Democracy in Action women's health committee, said she was disappointed in the governor's tepid response to a request by a coalition of women's organization that he start a state campaign to reduce unintended pregnancies.
Why did Rounds not play ball?
Rounds responded in an April 30 letter by quoting statistics that show declining rates of unintended pregnancies, abortion and teen pregnancies.
He said the unintended pregnancy rate dropped from 52.9 percent in 1997 to 37.2 percent in 2006, and the number of abortions dropped in that time from 919 to 748.
Sounds like unintended pregnancies are already on the decline...and fairly dramatically. So why did these liberal groups make a push for reducing unintended pregnancies now?
Rounds said Tuesday in a telephone interview that that the women's coalition appeared to be using the unintended-pregnancy issue to fight the abortion ban placed on the November ballot by opponents of the procedure.
Ahhh...okay.
When contraception is used properly, it works most of the time. For those times when it doesn't, and a life in the mother's womb results, that child's right to live should trump the right to convenience.
But if these women really want to reduce unintended pregnancies in South Dakota, they should start working with the Abstinence Clearinghouse to promote abstinence.
Abstinence is 100% effective; it works every time it's tried.
I'll tell Leslee Unruh to expect a call from Ms. Hilton real soon.
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