South Dakota may be the first state to achieve recognition for it's recent full frontal assault on Roe v. Wade, but there are others states lined up with similar laws that are pending legislative approval:

The law, which would punish doctors who perform the operation with a five-year prison term and a $5,000 fine, awaits the signature of Republican Gov. Michael Rounds and people on both sides of the issue say he is unlikely to veto it.

My understanding is we are the first state to truly defy Roe v. Wade, the 1973 high court ruling that granted a constitutional right to abortion, said Kate Looby of Planned Parenthood's South Dakota chapter.

State legislatures in Ohio, Indiana, Georgia, Tennessee and Kentucky also have introduced similar measures this year, but South Dakota's legislative calendar means its law is likely to be enacted first.

What is notable about the South Dakota law, other than simply the fact that it is currently unconstitutional on it's face, is that it provides for no exception for when the health of the mother is at stake and in cases of rape and incest. This is notable because polls have shown that most Americans, even many (but certainly not all) who oppose abortion on moral grounds, believe that such exceptions should be allowed.

Redd, blogging over at Firedoglake, shares a very personal experience- that she herself is a rape survivor. She goes on to explain how her personal experience as such has informed her views on not only abortion in general, but the South Dakota law:

As I said, I was young -- but despite how horribly brutal the rape was, I was lucky. I never had to face the choice of an abortion because I did not get pregnant. Thank God.

But every single time I hear someone talk about being pro-life without giving a thought to the woman involved, I cringe. Because I could have easily been impregnated against my will. Violently, viciously impregnated.

And now, some young girl in South Dakota who is raped and finds herself pregnant will be forced to carry the child of her rapist, feeling it grow and move, a daily reminder of the rape -- with the flashbacks, the terror, the nightmares, the gut-wrenching fear -- everything that you have to overcome after being raped, along with handling the emotions and the responsibilities that come along with a pregnancy.

It is likely that many states with anti-abortion laws in the works, are closely watching the general reaction to the South Dakota law and it will be interesting to see not only how the Supreme Court views the law when it comes before them, but also how average Americans who are not firmly entrenched in either the pro-life or pro-choice camp, feel about a law that provides for outlawing abortion without much exception.