Dakotans For Health is submitting signatures to ask voters whether to enshrine abortion protections into the state constitution. The petition effort will likely face legal challenges.
The 2022 midterm election is on Tuesday, but some are already looking ahead to 2024. Dozens gathered in downtown Sioux Falls to pick up the first batch of petitions to place abortion rights on the ballot.
It’s been nearly two weeks since the end of elective abortions in South Dakota. But the fight over abortion in the state is far from over. Just last week, Sioux Falls police responded to downtown protests over the U.S. Supreme Court ruling. And there’s an effort to let state voters decide the future of legal abortion.
After 20 years as CEO of the Planned Parenthood serving Minnesota, Sarah Stoesz plans to step down this fall. The decision comes at a critical time for abortion rights in the country, with a supermajority of conservative Supreme Court justices poised to repeal significant portions of Roe v. Wade, or else overturn it completely.