South Dakota to decide on abortion rights in fall as ballot initiative advances

Abortion rights initiatives make the ballot in South Dakota and Colorado

AP — Voters in Colorado and South Dakota will have a say on abortion rights this fall after enough signatures were collected to put measures on the ballots. South Dakota voters will get a chance at direct democracy on the contentious issue in a conservative state where a trigger law banning nearly all abortions went into effect after Roe v. Wade was overturned. Colorado’s measure, which made the ballot Friday, would enshrine abortion protections…

Abortion rights initiative makes Colorado’s ballot

DENVER (KDVR) — An abortion rights initiative will be on the November ballot after supporters secured enough valid signatures to put the measure before voters, according to the Colorado Secretary of State's Office. The office determined that there were 159,930 valid signatures submitted for the ballot initiative out of the 225,668 submitted. The ballot measure would add constitutional protections for abortions in Colorado, including requiring th…

Minnesota House debating whether to put equal rights, abortion protections on the ballot in 2026

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An abortion rights initiative makes the ballot in conservative South Dakota

By JACK DURA Associated Press A abortion rights ballot initiative is going before South Dakota voters this November. The secretary of state’s office says about 85% of the more than 55,000 signatures submitted in support of the ballot initiative were valid, exceeding the required 35,017 signatures. The measure faces an uphill battle in the conservative state where a trigger law banning nearly all abortions went into effect after Roe v. Wade was o…

Abortion rights initiatives make the ballot in South Dakota and Colorado

Abortion rights ballot initiatives will go before Colorado and South Dakota voters this November. South Dakota's secretary of state's office on Thursday said that about 85% of the more than

Challenge expected on abortion-rights measure validated for South Dakota ballot

A South Dakota state office said Thursday that a petition seeking to reinstate abortion rights has enough valid signatures to make the Nov. 5 ballot, but opponents have already promised