Is Roe Obsolete?

All the fuss about court appointments and the South Dakota criminalization of abortion, has overlooked a quiet revolution in the murder of infants. In South Dakota, for example, there is only one abortion provider for the whole state. What is an incovenienced woman to do? The answer is Mifepristone. This pill will murder a child in utero up to 63 days, or 9 weeks. Which would look like this little one to the right.

Here's what the website for Mifepristone says about using their product:

What are the benefits to using mifepristone to terminate a pregnancy?

Abortion using mifepristone has several advantages over surgical abortion. Mifepristone carries no risk of uterine perforation or rare complications caused by anesthesia and lower risk of infection. Many women feel that medical abortion is noninvasive, more natural, and more private than surgical abortion. When given a choice between medical and surgical abortion, 57-70% of women choose the medical option. 96% of women in clinical trials of mifepristone said they would recommend this method to a friend (empasis mine).

I suppose killing your child the old-fashioned way, with scalding saline and forceps, can't compare to merely swallowing a pill. But what are the side effects of taking Mifepristone?

All women who use mifepristone experience bleeding and cramping; both symptoms are normal and part of the medical abortion process. Other side effects include nausea, headache, vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness, back pain and tiredness. These side effects tend to lessen after the third day after taking mifepristone and are usually gone within two weeks. Serious adverse events, like hospitalization or blood transfusions, are extremely rare.

What isn't mentioned is the life-long guilt, the psychological trauma, the sin against a holy God. But hey, let's not get negative. What is truly terrifying is that 96% of women who use Mifepristone recommend it to their friends. That is the moral equivalent of preferring Auschwitz to Buchenwald. But as the ad says, "it more natural."

Governor Rounds signed the anti-abortion bill mentioned here previously, making a huge difference in the lives of the 800 South Dakotans who are normally aborted each year. The office of Planned Parenthood, the only abortion provider in the state, spent yesterday consoling women over this development. "Yes, we're so terribly sorry you can't kill your child today. I guess you'll just have to live with the consequences of your decisions, even in America."