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 ...

South Dakota Court Decision Threatens Abortion Rights Measure on November Ballot The South Dakota Supreme Court has reversed a judge's ruling from last month that dismissed a lawsuit aiming to ...

A ballot question committee, SD Voice, and a liberal blogger, Cory Heidelberger, successfully sued to block the 2019 law. They said the law violated their First Amendment free speech rights, had a ...

More than two years after the overturning of Roe v. Wade ended the federal constitutional right to an abortion, voters in 10 states cast ballots on 11 abortion-related measures during Tuesday’s ...

This year, abortion is on the ballot in 10 states ... enabling it to undergo a statewide vote. In South Dakota, abortion is illegal, classified as a Class 6 felony with penalties of up to two ...

Forty-one states have a combined 147 ballot measures in the 2024 election. While the presidential race may be getting the spotlight this election season, key regulations, laws and policies are on ...

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 ...

S.D. The South Dakota Supreme Court has reversed a judge's ruling from last month that dismissed a lawsuit aiming to remove an abortion rights initiative from the November ballot. The court on ...

A new court fight over South Dakota’s abortion-rights ballot measure could hinge on a complicated answer to a simple question: Does a set of six-year-old petition requirements still exist?

The anti-abortion ... Videos Meanwhile, South Dakota's top election official has an Aug. 13 deadline to inform county auditors of what measures will be on the November ballot.