{"id":4468,"date":"2008-10-22T07:05:49","date_gmt":"2008-10-22T12:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=4468"},"modified":"2011-06-06T20:25:41","modified_gmt":"2011-06-07T00:25:41","slug":"the-south-dakota-abortion-ban-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/the-south-dakota-abortion-ban-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"The South Dakota Abortion Ban Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Friend and Reader,<\/p>\n<p>I mentioned, briefly, in yesterday&#8217;s post that I had a bone to pick with South Dakota. Two years ago, about half of the voting population was in favor of a near-total ban on abortion. On Nov. 4, it&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bostonherald.com\/news\/national\/central\/view\/2008_10_19_Abortion_ban_returns_to_ballot_in_South_Dakota\/srvc=home&amp;position=recent\" target=\"_blank\">on the ballot again<\/a>, this time as the <a href=\"http:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/wiki\/index.php\/South_Dakota_Abortion_Ban_Initiative_(2008)\" target=\"_blank\">South Dakota Abortion Ban Initiative 2008<\/a>. This time, the law will include exceptions in the case of rape, incest and threatening the mother&#8217;s health.<\/p>\n<p>This ban, if implemented, could threaten <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roe_v._Wade\" target=\"_blank\">Roe vs Wade<\/a>, the Supreme Court case that legalized abortion, nation-wide. Eric explained to me that this occurred when Chiron, the surge of awareness, was conjunct Eris, representative of all women who are left out of the conversation. He wrote a full piece about Eris for the subscriber edition, entitled &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetwavesweekly.com\/dadatemp\/272199354.html\" target=\"_self\">Calling Home the Castaway Woman.<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 1973 Supreme Court decision on abortion was a powerful conjunction for feminism and women&#8217;s rights in this country, demonstrated by this Chiron-Eris conjunction, and we&#8217;re not going to see the likes of it, again, anytime soon.\u0412\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Eric will be discussing this case further in the Friday edition of <a href=\"http:\/\/planetwavesweekly.com\/sales\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\">Planet Waves Astrology News<\/a>, our subscriber series. It&#8217;s going to be a big election issue: after a long period of resistance, he&#8217;s finally examining Barack Obama and John McCain&#8217;s natal charts. I met with him last night, and I can tell you with absolute certainty: you will not find this analysis anywhere else, and it&#8217;s really juicy.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not subscribed yet, this is the week to do it. <a href=\"http:\/\/planetwavesweekly.com\/sales\/home.html\" target=\"_self\">Click here<\/a> to read your options: an annual subscription costs less than $8 a month, and it funds everything you see on the site, particularly the writing and editorial team that puts together this page, Daily Astrology and Adventure. We&#8217;re ad free, so we count on you.<\/p>\n<p>Yours &amp; truly,<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Planet Waves\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.planetwaves.net\/home\/homepix\/r_sign2.jpg?resize=165%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Rachel Asher\" vspace=\"10\" width=\"165\" height=\"40\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Friend and Reader, I mentioned, briefly, in yesterday&#8217;s post that I had a bone to pick with South Dakota. Two years ago, about half of the voting population was in favor of a near-total ban on abortion. On Nov. 4, it&#8217;s on the ballot again, this time as the South Dakota Abortion Ban Initiative &#8230; <a title=\"The South Dakota Abortion Ban Initiative\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/the-south-dakota-abortion-ban-initiative\/\" aria-label=\"More on The South Dakota Abortion Ban Initiative\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[111,1],"tags":[36,439,52,440,117,438,437],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4468"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4468\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}