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Charlotte recommended this article from Socialist Worker. http://www.socialistworker.org/2004-1/491/491_12_SouthDakota.shtml Hi, Everyone should check out this article which goes through what's happening in South Dakota where they are about to ban abortions completely throughout the whole state regardless of cases of rape, incest or the quality of life that mothers are able to give their unplanned children. In one of the poorest states in the country, this is really an issue of continued dsicrimination and oppression of the working class as well as a hideous encroachment on the rights of women. This is the first step of a much larger campaign spearheaded by the Christian Right who are hardening and sharpening their attack all the time. In Iowa now they want to give rights to a fertilized egg which would make Emergency Contraception illegal if abortions were banned in that state. ALso interesting in the South Dakota case is how the Right to Life people did not support the ban because an election year is the wrong time to try to ban abortion but 5 democrats voted for the bill. This bizarre turning of supposed positions just shows how little politicians care about women's rights and care only about electablity. Neither Republican nor democrat is going to help us. We have to come back running to the new semester. April 25th is 1 month and 1 week away and we need to build our co-alition as big as possible. The right are attacking and we need to attack harder and louder because this is where we will be able to win things not by relying on deceitful democrats and rotten republicans. So check out thsi article and post your reactions to the list. We need to talk about all of this stuff. Happy Spring Break, CHarlotte