Reuters - Imagine John Lennon spinning in his grave.

AP - Over the past 10 years, more than a dozen countries have made it easier to get abortions, and women from Mexico to Ireland have mounted court challenges to get access to the procedure.

Denise Royal - AHN Staff Writer Sioux Falls, SD (AHN) - A man who once weighed more than a thousand pounds continues to lose weight. Patrick Deuel now weighs about 400 pounds after losing another 81 through surgery. He underwent surgery Tuesday in South Dakota to remove a mass of fat and...

South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds signed a bill Monday that bans nearly all abortions in the state, legislation in direct conflict with the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in 1973.

AFP - The governor of the US state of South Dakota signed a near blanket ban on abortion, including in rape cases, launching a major challenge to a landmark 1973 Supreme Court ruling that made the procedure legal.

Julie Farby - All Headline News Staff Writer Chicago, Illinois (AHN)—In a direct challenge to the U.S. Supreme Court's legalization of the practice 33 years ago, the governor of South Dakota signed into law severe restrictions on abortion. Reuters reports that abortion foes hope to use...

AP - Gov. Mike Rounds signed legislation Monday that would ban most abortions in South Dakota, a law he acknowledged would be tied up in court for years while the state challenges the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion.

South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds signed a bill Monday that bans nearly all abortions in the state -- legislation in direct conflict with the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion. The law will make it a crime for doctors to perform an abortion unless it is necessary to save the woman's life -- but there are no exceptions for cases of rape or incest. Planned Parenthood said it would fight the law to "ensure that women... continue to be able to make personal health care decisions without government interference."

South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds signed a bill Monday that bans nearly all abortions in the state -- legislation in direct conflict with the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion. The law will make it a crime for doctors to perform an abortion unless it is necessary to save the woman's life -- but there are no exceptions for cases of rape or incest. Planned Parenthood said it would fight the law to "ensure that women... continue to be able to make personal health care decisions without government interference."

South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds signed a bill Monday that bans nearly all abortions in the state -- legislation in direct conflict with the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion. The law will make it a crime for doctors to perform an abortion unless it is necessary to save the woman's life -- but there are no exceptions for cases of rape or incest. Planned Parenthood said it would fight the law to "ensure that women... continue to be able to make personal health care decisions without government interference."

South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds signed a bill Monday that bans nearly all abortions in the state -- legislation in direct conflict with the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in 1973. The law will make it a crime for doctors to perform an abortion unless the procedure was necessary to save the woman's life -- but there are no exceptions for cases of rape or incest. Planned Parenthood said it would fight the law to "ensure that women, with their doctors and families, continue to be able to make personal health care decisions without government interference."

South Dakota signs into law a bill banning most abortions, in a bid to force the Supreme Court to review a key ruling.

Reuters - The governor of South Dakota on Monday signed into law severe restrictions on abortion, in a direct challenge to the U.S. Supreme Court's legalization of the practice 33 years ago.

AP - Gov. Mike Rounds on Monday signed legislation banning almost all abortions in South Dakota.

Reuters - U.S. abortion-rights defenders and opponents are preparing for battle as South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds considers whether to sign a state abortion ban that advocates hope will lead to a national Supreme Court showdown.

AP - South Dakota is suddenly in the vanguard of the movement to overturn Roe v. Wade. But in truth, it was a role that was decades in the making.

Reuters - Restrictions on abortion that would be the most severe since the U.S. Supreme Court legalized the practice 33 years ago are likely to turn South Dakota into an expensive legal battleground should they become law.

Denise Royal - All Headline News Staff Writer Pierre, SD (AHN) - South Dakota lawmakers approved the nation's most far-reaching ban on abortion Wednesday, setting the stage for new legal challenges that its supporters say they hope leads to an overturning of Roe vs. Wade. Governor Mike Rounds...