Doesn’t anyone find it ironic they have only raised $20,000 to combat HB 1217 lawsuits against the state?
Bill sponsor Roger Hunt, R-Brandon, has said private donors will step forward to cover legal expenses through the Life Protection Fund, which was set up in 2006 to help the state pay to defend previous abortion laws.
“I don’t think it’s a surprise to anyone that they’ve filed a lawsuit,†Hunt said. “We’ve been expecting this and preparing for it.â€
In late March, the fund had a balance of just under $20,000.
About the same amount the average single mother makes in a year in SD, if that. They of course know that the state will have to pony up the money, which is mostly from sales tax revenue, on things like food, from these same mothers. If the anti-choicers were so concerned about LIFE they would be concerned about these children after they are born and the mother’s who have to raise them by themselves, through education and worker training programs. Nope, the same clowns who vote for this crap slash education, slash medicade, and vote against ending a food tax. I’m starting to believe more and more that the neo-cons never want abortion to be illegal, because they couldn’t use it as an issue anymore.