Article VI of the Bill of Rights for the constitution of the State of South Dakota, begins by promising its citizens inherent rights. The paragraph begins:
All men are born equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, of acquiring and protecting property and the pursuit of happiness.
Proposed Amendment G would eliminate the states obligation to protect a class of people, namely the unborn.
Amendment G is not about womens rights, allowing women sovereignty over their bodies or health care. It is about protecting innocent human life. That fetus is a living human being, one that is capable of feeling pain and full of potential. Backers of Amendment G would deny children that protection because they are too small, too weak, too dependent.
In the eyes of Amendment G backers, when is someone big enough, strong enough, independent enough? Amendment G proposed that a fully developed baby, while yet in the womb, isnt worthy of protection.
I would argue that a society that limits its protection to those capable of defending themselves is creating a trap that all of us will one day be caught in.
I echo the words of Rep. Dusty Johnson in declaring A child in the womb is a life worthy of protection. Amendment G would strip away that protection and put abortion in our constitution. In South Dakota, we are better than that. We cannot allow this extreme measure to pass.
Please join me in voting no on Amendment G. Innocent life is on the ballot.
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