South Dakota nears vote on abortion ban
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061008/ap_on_el_ge/south_dakota_abortion"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061005/capt.e2c375c9b1ae4a15aedd2a9c4d6a6d77.bc_sd__abortion_ad_sddl101.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=8ipcDO0GQBJ3xuFJc2z99g--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Kimberly Martinez, left, spokeswoman for VoteYesForLife.com, introduces the group's first television ad urging South Dakota voters to approve an abortion ban, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2006, in Sioux Falls, S.D. Barb Asleson, right, is one of the South Dakota women shown in the ad's photo montage, as well as in the lower left corner of the Vote Yes banner. (AP Photo/Dirk Lammers)" border="0" /></a>AP - Circled around a living room, sipping coffee, five long-acquainted couples grappled with their stark differences on a topic they would have skirted in the past but now cannot avoid — abortion.</p><br clear="all"/>