This abortion ban is rigid and too restrictive

We ask you to VOTE NO ON REFERRED LAW 6!

This law has no exception for the health of a woman. A pregnant woman and her family will be left with no options to treat a terminal illness like breast or ovarian cancer because pregnant women can not take many medications.

Rape and incest victims also have no options. Many victims of rape and incest, including young women, are too ashamed or afraid to come forward in time to prevent the pregnancy.

The law allows the government to intrude into a difficult, private decision that should be made by a woman, her family and her doctor.

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What Others Are Saying

According to the Attorney General, this abortion law will likely be challenged in court and may be declared in violation of the US Constitution. According to Governor Mike Rounds, "If this does go to court, the taxpayers of South Dakota, through legislative action, will be responsible for picking up the cost of defending it. The Legislature knew it, and with nearly a two-thirds vote, Republican and Democrat, decided to move the product forward." With limited resources we should focus on education, health care and jobs, not fighting lawsuits.

The law would make performing abortions or prescribing medical abortion pills a felony, subjecting doctors to sentences of five years in prison.

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists opposes HB1215/Referred Law 6 because it is "...not based on science, strips women of their legal rights, and criminalizes essential aspects of women’s health care. The intervention of the legislature into medical-decision making is inappropriate, ill advised, and dangerous."

Read more on the ACOG policy here.

Abortion is already rare in South Dakota. Making abortion illegal in South Dakota, will not reduce the need for abortion, it endangers the lives of our women. We don’t need this law that leaves us with no options.