Health care group wants abortion issue on the ballot in SD
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Dakotans for Health has developed language for a potential constitutional ballot measure. State law currently bans abortions except to save the life of the mother. The state attorney general's office is reviewing the potential constitutional amendment language. The group cannot start circulating petitions until after the 2022 election.
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Healthcare group wants abortion issue on the ballot in SD
A grassroots healthcare organization wants to put the abortion issue on the ballot in South Dakota. Dakotans for Health has developed language for a potential constitutional ballot measure, which if
American voters sealed Roe v. Wade's fate in November 2016, when they elected a Republican president and Senate majority who shifted the court to the right.
Health care group wants abortion issue on the ballot in SD
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - A grassroots health care organization wants to put the abortion issue on the ballot in South Dakota. Dakotans for Health has developed language for a potential constitutional ballot measure, which if passed by state voters would make South Dakota’s near total ban on abortion less restrictive. The proposed language says the state may regulate or prohibit abortion after the second trimester, except when necessary to preser…