Sanity (almost)

Interesting news from my new home: the Montana Catholic Conference has come out against the proposed Human Life Amendment to the state constitution:

The Montana Catholic Conference says there are better ways to limit abortions than a proposed ballot
initiative on human life.
Constitutional Initiative 100 would define a person as "a human
being at all stages of human development or life, including the
state of fertilization."
It has yet to qualify for November's ballot. It has the support
of some abortion foes.
But the Montana Catholic Conference says it prefers other
strategies to bring an end to abortion.
They want to fund pregnancy centers that help women find
alternatives to abortion, increase adoption services, and require
parental notification for juveniles seeking abortion.

So why is it again that South Dakota Catholic leaders can't get enough of attempts to ban abortion?