Abortion and Reproductive Rights

A trial over the ballot initiative to put abortion rights into the state constitution will not start in the beginning of next week.

The South Dakota Department of Health is releasing a video to clarify the state’s lone abortion exception—life of the mother. The video was published on the Department of Health’s YouTube page earlier this week.

Secretary of State Monae Johnson is certifying a proposed amendment legalizing abortions in South Dakota.

A court case over the validity of Amendment G, a proposed abortion amendment, is being expedited.

As November draws nearer, South Dakotans get closer to voting on whether to enshrine abortion care in the state constitution.

The case, Life Defense Fund V. Dakotans for Health, questions the validity of an abortion rights amendment being put to voters in the November election.

Two South Dakota OBGYNs are leading a group of doctors to support a constitutional amendment to legalize abortion in the state.

Backers of an abortion rights ballot question are campaigning for a constitutional amendment without the support of two advocacy groups.

A Minnehaha County court judge is dismissing a case against the backers of an abortion rights ballot question. An anti-abortion group sought to disqualify the petitions and get the question removed from the November ballot.

A Montana-based abortion rights group is reaching out to neighboring states announcing abortion and contraception are legal and available there.