Current:Home > ContactRuling keeps abortion question on ballot in South Dakota-DB Wealth Institute B2 Reviews & Ratings
Ruling keeps abortion question on ballot in South Dakota
lotradecoin deposit View Date:2024-12-26 03:15:08
A state court judge’s ruling Monday keeps an abortion-rights question on the November ballot in South Dakota.
Judge John Pekas dismissed a lawsuit filed by an anti-abortion group, Life Defense Fund, that sought to have the question removed even though supporters turned in more than enough valid signatures to put it on the ballot.
“They have thrown everything they could dream up to stop the people of South Dakota from voting on this matter,” Adam Weiland, co-founder of Dakotans for Health, said in a statement after the ruling. “This is another failed effort by a small group opposed to giving women the option to terminate pregnancies caused by rape and incest or to address dangerous pregnancies affecting the life and health of women.”
Republican Rep. Jon Hansen, who is a co-chair of the Life Defense Fund, and a lawyer for the group did not immediately return messages from The Associated Press on Monday.
South Dakota is one of 14 states now enforcing a ban on abortion at every stage of pregnancy, a possibility the U.S. Supreme Court opened the door to in 2022, when it overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the nationwide right to abortion.
The amendment supported by Dakotans for Health would bar the state from regulating “a pregnant woman’s abortion decision and its effectuation” in the first trimester, but it would allow second-trimester regulations “only in ways that are reasonably related to the physical health of the pregnant woman.”
Since Roe was overturned, all seven statewide abortion-related ballot measures have gone the way abortion-rights groups wanted them to.
This year, similar questions are on the ballots in five states, plus a New York equal rights question that would ban discrimination based on “pregnancy outcomes,” among other factors.
Advocates are waiting for signatures to be verified to get questions on the ballot this year in four more states, including Nebraska, where there could be competing questions on abortion rights before voters.
veryGood! (31)
Related
- How you can get a free scoop of ice cream at Baskin Robbins Wednesday
- Developed nations pledge $9.3 billion to global climate fund at gathering in Germany
- What causes high cholesterol and why it matters
- X removes article headlines in latest platform update, widening a rift with news media
- State, local officials failed 12-year-old Pennsylvania girl who died after abuse, lawsuits say
- Amnesty International asks Pakistan to keep hosting Afghans as their expulsion may put them at risk
- It's not the glass ceiling holding women back at work, new analysis finds
- There are 22 college football teams still unbeaten. Here's when each will finally lose.
- State, local officials failed 12-year-old Pennsylvania girl who died after abuse, lawsuits say
- How Ryan Reynolds Got Taylor Swift's Approval for Donna Kelce and Jake From State Farm NFL Moment
Ranking
- How a small group of nuns in rural Kansas vex big companies with their investment activism
- Lady Gaga will not pay $500,000 reward to woman involved in dognapping, judge says
- 5 Latin queer musicians to listen to during Hispanic Heritage Month, including Omar Apollo
- George Tyndall, former USC gynecologist facing sex crime charges, was found dead in his home at 76
- Millions of kids are still skipping school. Could the answer be recess — and a little cash?
- Jason Kelce Reveals the Picture Perfect Gift Travis Kelce Got for His Niece Wyatt
- Trump seeks dismissal of charges in Stormy Daniels hush money case
- Selena Gomez Details Embarrassment After No Longer Having a Teenager's Body
Recommendation
-
Infamous LA officer’s gun found in $1 million watch robbery case
-
Clorox ransomware attack which caused product shortages linked to earnings loss
-
Armed man sought Wisconsin governor at Capitol. After arrest he returned with loaded rifle
-
Slovakia halts military aid for Ukraine as parties that oppose it negotiate to form a new government
-
Streamer stayed awake for 12 days straight to break a world record that doesn't exist
-
Pretty Little Liars' Brant Daugherty and Wife Kim Expecting Baby No. 2: All the Details
-
Failure of single component caused Washington seaplane crash that killed 10, NTSB says
-
Accountant’s testimony sprawls into a 4th day at Trump business fraud trial in New York