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A coalition working to put a measure to enshrine the “right” to abortion in South Dakota’s constitution has announced that it has secured enough signatures to move forward with getting the measure on this year’s ballot.<\/p>\n

The group leading the effort, Dakotans for Health, announced Wednesday that it collected\u00a0the signatures of more than 55,000\u00a0<\/strong>registered voters, far more than the 35,000 that were needed to proceed.<\/p>\n

South Dakota law currently protects nearly all preborn children from abortion. Members of the pro-life group Life Defense Fund warn<\/a> that if passed, the proposed amendment would not only undo that law, but also allow abortion all the way to the point of birth. It would also eliminate measures like parental notification laws, conscience protections for medical professionals, and facility requirements for abortion businesses.<\/p>\n

Not all abortion supporters are in favor of the measure, however, as some say it isn’t radical enough<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn particular, it does not have the strongest legal standard by which a court must evaluate restrictions on abortion, and thereby runs the risk of establishing a right to abortion in name only which could impede future efforts to ensure every South Dakotan has meaningful access to abortion without medically unnecessary restrictions,\u201d ACLU of South Dakota executive director Libby Skarin told<\/a> the Associated Press in a written statement.<\/p>\n

Organizers with Life Defense Fund announced that they plan to challenge the ballot initiative effort, as they say that ballot organizers tricked people into signing with “lies and deception.”<\/p>\n

\u201c[P]eople being told that they\u2019re signing a food tax petition, and really, it ended up being the abortion petition,\u201d Leslee Unruh, Life Defense Fund co-chair, told South Dakota Searchlight<\/a>. \u201cAnd we have hundreds of hours\u2019 worth of video. We can\u2019t wait to get to court.\u201d<\/p>\n

Notwithstanding the results of that legal challenge, the Secretary of State\u2019s Office will next verify the signatures to ensure they are from South Dakota residents.<\/p>\n

The DOJ put a pro-life grandmother in jail for protesting the killing of preborn children. Please take 30-seconds to TELL CONGRESS: STOP THE DOJ FROM TARGETING PRO-LIFE AMERICANS.<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A coalition working to put a measure to enshrine the “right” to abortion in South Dakota’s constitution has announced that it has secured enough signatures to move forward with getting the measure on this year’s ballot. The group leading the effort, Dakotans for Health, announced Wednesday that it collected\u00a0the signatures of more than 55,000\u00a0registered voters, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":607,"featured_media":303251,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[4,3473],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nSouth Dakota extreme pro-abortion amendment moves forward<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It would allow unlimited abortion and even undo parental notification, conscience protections, and abortion facility safety requirements.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/south-dakota-extreme-abortion-amendment-forward\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" 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