Direct challenge to Roe v. Wade brewing in South Dakota

Telegraph | News | South Dakota senate votes for first ban on abortion :

"South Dakota was last night on the verge of becoming the first American state to ban abortion since the Supreme Court legalised the practice in the 1970s. Its state senate voted 23 to 12 for a ban."

I fear this may be a bit premature. Tactically, I would rather see a slightly weaker law taken to the Supreme Court first and a strong one like South Dakota's taken up on appeal only if the first succeeds, but I certainly cannot fault the right-to-life leaders in South Dakota for their effort to save the lives of the weakest of our citizens.