host: joining us for a local perspective as dave thompson.e director of prairie public radio in north dakota. good morning. how has this law been received on the ground? guest: it is definitely pulverizing. we have people who are saying, good for north dakota. a lot of people are saying, where are we going as a state? it is evenly divided from the calls and e-mails i have talked to. host: how did this get through the legislature? guest: the governor stayed out of it until the end. it was through the efforts of the pro-life legislators, the people who are anti-abortion who pushed this legislation through. as you see, there have been a number of bills enacted, some that might be even contradictory. however, they were basically saying to everybody who would listen that it is time to challenge roe v. wade. onre were passionate debates the house and senate floors. they did not pass by that much. if the governor decided to veto the bill, they would not have overridden the veto. the governor decided to go along and say okay, let's be the state that

localjoining us for a perspective as dave thompson. he's the director of prairie public radio in north dakota. good morning. how has this law been received on the ground? guest: it is definitely pulverizing. we have people who are saying, good for north dakota. a lot of people are saying, where are we going as a state? it is evenly divided from the calls and e-mails i have talked to. host: how did this get through the legislature? guest: the governor stayed out of it until the end. it was through the efforts of the pro-life legislators, the people who are anti-abortion who pushed this legislation through. as you see, there have been a number of bills enacted, some that might be even contradictory. however, they were basically saying to everybody who would listen that it is time to challenge roe v. wade. there were passionate debates on the house and senate floors. they did not pass by that much. if the governor decided to veto the bill, they would not have overridden the veto. the governor decided to go along and say okay, let's be the

host: joining us for a local perspective as dave thompson. director of prairie public radio in north dakota. good morning. how has this law been received on the ground? guest: it is definitely polarizing. we have people who are saying, good for north dakota. a lot of people are saying, where are we going as a state? it is evenly divided from the calls and e-mails i have talked to. host: how did this get through the legislature? guest: the governor stayed out of it until the end. it was through the efforts of the pro-life legislators, the people who are anti-abortion who pushed this legislation through. as you see, there have been a number of bills enacted, some that might be even contradictory. however, they were basically saying to everybody who would listen that it is time to challenge roe v. wade. there were passionate debates on the house and senate floors. they did not pass by that much. if the governor decided to veto the bill, they would not have overridden the veto. the governor decided to go along and say okay, let's be the state tha

. >> host: dave thompson at public radio north dakota. k you for talking to us so early this morning. esmer deprez, something mr. thompson mentioned. what is said and what is it due? >> guest: typically, personhood measures seek to endow fertilized eggs with rights and privileges of living human being. it effectively equates abortion with murder and thereby outlaw said in way. we seen this play out in mississippi. voters already weighed in on this issue about two years ago when they rejected a personhood measure in colorado it is, twice and then recheck it. if north dakota voters approve a personhood measure 2014, that would be the first state to have such a thing. it's important to no personhood measures are pushed typically by the mainstream and i abortion groups. this is something new, something we see that are not necessarily constitutional and not by the mainstream antiabortion movement don't see this as a good way to tackle the heart of roe v. wade and to get abortion no longer possible in this country. >> host: you mention arkansas.

his dad, michael thompson, a former nba player himself, told a radio station said his envelope of cash will be a little light this week. daveill have all the sports highlights coming up next. >>> good evening. i'm dave feldman. let's warm up tonight with the coolest game on ice. the red wings in san jose visiting the sharks. both team on the outlooking in at the western conference playoff picture. not a lot of scoring early. third period we have to go. five minutes in. and joe thorton finds logan couture for the one timer. that's the first goal of the game. 1-0 sharks. later, niklas kronwall is deflected past niemi. we go to the shoot-out. in the shoot-out, damien to put the gloves ahead. he is denied by gustavsson. the sharks fall 2-1. >> it would have been nice to put that second one in. we're having problems getting that second one right now. and when they scored, it definitely kicked us in the butt. a good hard fought game. too bad we didn't get the two points. >> the giants hosting the mariners. let's isolate on matt cain. his second start is spring ball. cain strikes out franklin gutierrez. bottom four, brandon belt.