You may want to consider not going to South Dakota. That’s right, you heard me. Let’s boycott South Dakota. That means no Mt. Rushmore and no Badlands National Park.

Who’s with me?

Scary story out of South Dakota this morning in the New York Times. This highlights the reason that Democrats need to win locally at the community level to stop efforts of this kind.

This also highlights why we must win elections and make certain that more Roberts and Alitos don’t get confirmed to the bench.

From the NYTimes:

PIERRE, S.D., Feb. 21 — Lawmakers here are preparing to vote on a bill that would outlaw nearly all abortions in South Dakota, a measure that could become the most sweeping ban approved by any state in more than a decade, those on both sides of the abortion debate say.

If the bill passes a narrowly divided Senate in a vote expected on Wednesday, and is signed by Gov. Michael Rounds, a Republican who opposes abortion, advocates of abortion rights have pledged to challenge it in court immediately — and that is precisely what the bill’s supporters have in mind.

Optimistic about the recent changes on the United States Supreme Court, some abortion opponents say they have new hope that a court fight over a ban here could lead to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that made abortion legal around the country.

“I’m convinced that the timing is right for this,” said State Representative Roger Hunt, a Republican who has sponsored the bill, noting the appointments of Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. to the court.

Even in South Dakota, we will get local and fight tooth and nail for every possible seat be it U.S. Senate or dog catcher.