Press Releases
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SD Association of OBGYNs Announces Opposition to Abortion Ban
SD Section of the American College of Obstricians & Gynecologists: “The Government’s Intrusion is Ill-Advised and Dangerous.”
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South Dakota Campaign for Healthy Families Responds to the Sanford Memo
South Dakota Medical Community Deeply Concerned about the Impact of Measure 11 on Doctors and Patients
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New Ad Highlights Unprecedented Government Intrusion of Measure 11
SIOUX FALLS, SD – Today, the South Dakota Campaign for Healthy Families began airing a third television advertisement that highlights the unprecedented Government intrusion that will occur as a result of Initiated Measure 11. Under the abortion ban, the Government will have control over certain personal and private medical decisions of South Dakota families.
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SD Campaign for Healthy Families Launches 2nd Television Ad
New ad and companion website encourages South Dakotans to read the fine print on Initiated Measure 11.
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SDCHF Statement In Response To Glenn Ridder’s Comments On KSFY
Alpha Center Medical Director’s Comments Were Offensive, Irresponsible, Ill-informed And Politics As Usual
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New Web Video Highlights Consequences of SD Abortion Ban
Ban’s Language Is Complicated and Vague, Threatening the Health and Well-Being of Women and Families in South Dakota
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Campaign for Healthy Families Responds To Opponent’s First Campaign Ad
SIOUX FALLS, SD – Today, VoteYesForLife launched their first television ad promoting their new abortion ban. Following release of the ad, the South Dakota Campaign for Healthy Families released the following statement from Campaign Director, Nathan Peterson.
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APA’s Recent Findings: Abortion Does Not Increase Risk to Women’s Mental Health
Sioux Falls, SD – The American Psychological Association released a task force report examining the relationship between women’s mental health and abortion. The task force evaluated all empirical studies published in English-language peer-reviewed journals since 1989 comparing the mental health of women who had an induced abortion to the mental health of comparison groups of women. It also included studies that examined factors that predict mental health among women who have had an elective abortion.
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Campaign Against Another Abortion Ban Kicking Off Summer Canvassing in Rapid City
Rapid City, SD – Volunteers with the South Dakota Campaign for Healthy Families are teaming up to kick-off a grassroots door-knocking effort this weekend. With out-of-state activists pushing another abortion ban onto the November ballot, South Dakotans are showing their strength in the first weeks of another campaign for women and families.
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Community Gathering for Open House at Campaign’s New Rapid City Office
Rapid City, SD – The South Dakota Campaign for Healthy Families is opening their Rapid City office to the community tomorrow. The Open House will be an opportunity for voters to re-connect with veterans of the successful 2006 campaign, and meet new members of the team working to defeat activists’ second struggle to ban abortion in two years.
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I'm voting no because
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Anonymous
Having an abortion is never an easy decision for a woman. It is a very personal, heartfelt choice that no one else can, or has the right to make.
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Elizabeth from Vermillion
I’m old enough to remember what happened to women when abortions were criminalized in an earlier era.
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Lorraine from Spearfish
The people who are promoting this measure admit they want to challenge Roe v. Wade and this is one step in that process.
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