Politics | abortion S. Dakota: Wait, Maybe Killing Abortion Docs Not OK Bill shelved amidst uproar By Kevin Spak Posted Feb 17, 2011 11:18 AM CST Copied Pro-choice activists stand in the rain outside George Tiller's abortion clinic to counter a planned appearance by the Operation Rescue anti-abortion group Saturday, June 20, 2009, in Wichita, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Thanks to a public outcry, South Dakota has indefinitely shelved a bill that would have essentially made it legal to kill an abortion provider. South Dakota’s House speaker said lawmakers were still deciding whether to vote on the bill (which would expand the definition of "justifiable homicide" to include killing someone in defense of a fetus) as is, change its language, or drop it entirely. “Clearly the bill as it’s currently written is a very bad idea,” a spokesman for the governor tells the New York Times. Click for more on what was proposed. Read These Next He went to kill a Cape buffalo. Instead, it killed him. 5 soldiers shot at largest Army installation east of the Mississippi. He shot a couple dead in early June, has yet to be caught. Christina Applegate battles further health issues. Report an error