South Dakota – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

15 Jan

South Dakota attorney general sued for banning abortion ad campaign

RileyLatest NewsFirst Amendment, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, South Dakota, United States

South Dakota's attorney general is violating the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by blocking a nonprofit organization's reproductive health care advertising campaign at gas stations across the state, a federal lawsuit.

07 Nov

Abortion-rights ballot measures pass in 7 states, fail in 3 others

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion News, Abortion Rights, Amendments, Arizona, ballot initiatives, Colorado, Election, Enshrinement, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, South Dakota, United States, Voting

"Constitutional amendments to protect or expand abortion rights passed in seven of the 10 states where they appeared on the ballot Tuesday, NBC News projects. Voters in Arizona and Missouri approved ballot initiatives that will effectively protect abortion rights until fetal viability and undo existing abortion laws on the books. But voters in Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota rejected proposed amendments that would have done the same — becoming the first pro-abortion-rights ballot measures to fail since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022. Meanwhile, voters in Maryland, Montana, Nevada and New York (where abortion is already legal through fetal viability) and in Colorado (where there are…

03 Aug

South Dakota father is leading effort to restore abortion rights in the state

BarbraLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, South Dakota, United States

Unlike other abortion-rights initiatives across the country, major reproductive rights groups haven’t backed the effort to restore access in South Dakota. But that hasn’t stopped Dakotans for Health — a ballot question committee behind a measure that is set to appear on the November ballot — from galvanizing voters in the state, where abortion is banned unless the mother’s life is at risk. South Dakota enacted a trigger law, first passed by lawmakers in 2005, after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago.

22 Jun

Despite GOP headwinds, citizen-led abortion measures could be on the ballot in 9 states

DoryLatest NewsAbortion Rights, legislation, South Dakota, United States

Proposed South Dakota constitutional amendment being challenged in court

27 Feb

What counts as an exception to South Dakota’s abortion ban? A video may soon explain

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Ban, Abortion Ban Exceptions, South Dakota, United States

"South Dakota lawmakers want state officials to create an educational video to help doctors understand when they can end a pregnancy without risking prison time under the state's near-total abortion ban. It's an example of how states are responding to the national controversy over what exceptions to abortion bans actually mean. Critics point to reports of women developing dangerous complications after hospitals in states with strict abortion laws refused to terminate their pregnancies..."

25 Nov

5 states where the abortion fight is likely to play out next | KRON4

TobysFundUnited StatesAbortion Ban, Abortion Care, Abortion Pills, Abortion Rights, advocates, Arizona, Florida, Healthcare, legislation, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio, South Dakota, United States

A handful of purple and red states are poised to be the next battlegrounds in the abortion rights fight after advocates won a major victory in Ohio this month.