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South Dakota abortion ban fails

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For the second time, South Dakotan voters rejected an attempt to pass a law that would have greatly restricted abortion. Gay-marriage bans in Florida and Arizona appear set for passage. With 32 percent of the vote in, Proposition 8 in California, which would ban same-sex marriage, was passing 53-47 percent.

By Andrew Leonard

Andrew Leonard is a staff writer at Salon. On Twitter, @koxinga21.


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