SOUTH DAKOTA SHELVES JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE BILL 17FEB11

FOR more on this bill see my earlier post on this blog 'SD REP ON JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE BILL 15FEB11'. Thank God for the internet and responsible new media which mobilized the nation to cry out against this insane legislation which doesn't represent the views of the voters of South Dakota, who have rejected all voter referendums outlawing and/or severely restricting women's birth control and abortion in the state. This from the Washington Post Plum Line...
* South Dakota shelves "justifiable homicide" bill: The state legislature has now indefinitely postponed plans for a vote on that bill making homicide justifiable to defend the life of the unborn in some cases, and may drop it entirely. I reported here yesterday that its author was reconsidering the plan.
It's interesting to consider that if it hadn't been for blogs and new media, this bill could very well have become law, though it's still unclear what real-world legal consequences that would have had.