Even though, superficially, Measure 11 would allow women to get abortions in cases of rape or incest, in practice it would still be incredibly difficult for survivors of such crimes to terminate their pregnancies. Jan Nicolay of the Campaign for Healthy Families tells Salon that the wording of Measure 11 is so complicated, it would be nearly impossible for women to get legal abortions. "The physician would almost have to get a legal opinion before taking any steps to help the victim of a rape or incest situation. That's how difficult they are to understand. They aren't intended to be real exceptions," she says.

In other sad choice news, our favorite abortion blogger What To Expect When You're Aborting has set her archive to private because other bloggers merely suspected of writing her blog have received death threats. "[I]f you’re some malevolent troll who is beating up on people’s families because of this you need to step the fuck off. that is some deranged shit — you know how you are," she writes. She's currently figuring out the most prudent way to proceed, and a later entry says, "The coppers and safety servers are involved," so hopefully the full archives will be back soon.

There is a single bright side: the Missouri Supreme Court upheld a law earlier this week that allows female prisoners unfettered access to abortion. That's little solace when South Dakota anti-choice advocates like Rev. Steve Hickey are telling the Washington Post that God has personally chosen South Dakota to challenge Roe. "He is giving the nation a window of opportunity to address this. He's picked the state that can pull it off," Hickey says. I second the sentiments of a commenter on the Nation's website: "Well, I was chosen by God to call Rev. Hickey an opportunist. How you like them apples?"

South Dakota Ban Is Back [Salon]
S. Dakota Readies Again for Abortion Fight [Washington Post]
I Am Spartacus [What To Expect When You're Aborting]
Supreme Court Refuses Missouri Abortion Rights Appeal [Feminist Majority Foundation]
S. Dakota Goes After Choice (Again) [The Nation]

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According to the Houston Chronicle, abortion protesters are especially pissed because the new 75,000 square-foot Planned Parenthood building will perform late-term abortions up to 19 weeks. While anti-choicers are claiming this is going to be "the largest center of late-term abortions in the Western Hemisphere," Peter Durkin, President of Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas calls that claim "nonsense," and tells the Chronicle that only one of six floors will be used as clinical space; the other five floors will be dedicated to administration and family planning.

In other abortion news, blogger 'What To Expect When You're Aborting', has had has finally done the deed. Interestingly, the usually progressive sex site Nerve is being quite nasty about the woman's blog. The site calls 'What To Expect When You're Aborting' "gleeful" (a total tonal misread of the blog) and adds, " It's kind of amazing. And by amazing, we mean horrifying. We're pro-choice, but on this, we're conflicted. And if you're not, you're surer of your ideals than we are." I find it difficult to understand why a woman shouldn't be happy if she doesn't have to have a baby that she is unprepared for. Not having an unwanted baby: the furthest thing from horrifying around.

Anti-Abortion Forces Target Houston Builder [Feminist Daily News Wire]
Houston Planned Parenthood Facility Drawing Protests [Houston Chronicle]
50 Buzziest Blog Posts Of All Time [Nerve]
Let's Get Some Cocktails And De-brief, Shall We? Part One Of Many About Abortion Day, 2008 [What To Expect When You're Aborting"

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