Current:Home > InvestRuling keeps abortion question on ballot in South Dakota-LoTradeCoin
Ruling keeps abortion question on ballot in South Dakota
View Date:2024-12-25 22:07:11
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! (7157)
Related
- Former West Virginia jail officer pleads guilty to civil rights violation in fatal assault on inmate
- California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes bill to help Black families reclaim taken land
- Catherine Zeta-Jones Bares All in Nude Photo for Michael Douglas’ Birthday
- UFC reaches $375 million settlement on one class-action lawsuit, another one remains pending
- 10 Trendy Bags To Bring to All of Your Holiday Plans
- Rudy Giuliani disbarred in DC after pushing Trump’s false 2020 election claims
- Sen. Raphael Warnock is working on children’s book inspired by the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000
- Why Julianne Hough Sees Herself With a Man After Saying She Was Not Straight
- Cowboys owner Jerry Jones responds to CeeDee Lamb's excuse about curtains at AT&T Stadium
- How to watch People's Choice Country Awards, where Beyoncé, Zach Bryan lead 2024 nominees
Ranking
- Agents search home of ex-lieutenant facing scrutiny as police probe leak of school shooting evidence
- Naomi Campbell banned from charity role for 5 years after financial investigation
- Appeals court sends back part of Dakota Access oil pipeline protester’s excessive force lawsuit
- Why Riley Keough Says Mom Lisa Marie Presley Died “of a Broken Heart”
- Vermont man is fit to stand trial over shooting of 3 Palestinian college students
- A Nebraska officer who fatally shot an unarmed Black man will be fired, police chief says
- Mark your calendars: 3 Social Security COLA dates to know for 2025
- Gil Ramirez remains on 'Golden Bachelorette' as Joan hits senior prom. Who left?
Recommendation
-
Nicky Hilton Shares Her Christmas Plans With Paris, the Secret To Perfect Skin & More Holiday Gift Picks
-
Judge directs NYC to develop plan for possible federal takeover of Rikers Island jail
-
Opinion: Pac-12 revival deserves nickname worthy of cheap sunglasses
-
Who went home on Episode 2 of 'Survivor' Season 47? See the player who was voted out
-
Supreme Court seems likely to allow class action to proceed against tech company Nvidia
-
Napheesa Collier matches WNBA scoring record as Lynx knock out Diana Taurasi and the Mercury
-
Tech tips to turn yourself into a Google Workspace and Microsoft Office pro
-
Presidents Cup TV, streaming, rosters for US vs. International tournament