Abortions Banned In South Dakota
The governor of South Dakota signed a law banning abortions, which may be a challenging to the women's right to abortion and also which may trigger national debate. // ..The law was essentially designed to challenge a 1973 US Supreme Court decision, known as Roe vs. Wade, that made it legal for women across the nation to have an abortion. ..Governor Mike Rounds, a member of President George W....Rivals of the South Dakota Law Says No to Abortion
The US Supreme Court in 1973 has legalized abortion. But the rivals of the new South Dakota law challenge the decision of the Supreme Court. The new law is on its way to go// in to effect this summer. The state’s voters are allowed to decide the fate of the law. The opponents of the law have to collect 16728 signatures by June 19 on petitions designed to put the law on the November ballot for an...South Dakota Hospital Receives $400 Million from a Philanthropist
Denny Sanford, Chairman and CEO of United National Corp. has donated a whopping $400 million to Sioux Valley Hospital at South Dakota. //This money is intended for research in health care, medical education and children’s health. ..Sioux Valley Hospital has already received $16 million from Sanford in the year 2003 to support a programme in the children’s wing of the hospital. Sanford’s donati...American Indians in South Dakota have higher rates of infant mortality, cancer, accidental death, and diabetes than any other race in the state or across the nation, according to a state health official, the Sioux Falls Argus Leader reports. ......Lon Kightlinger of the South Dakota Health Department, at the request of the Zaniya Task Force, recently reviewed health disparities among American I...