South Dakota Abortion Law Under Fire

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South Dakota Abortion Law Under Fire
Nicholas Riccardi, Times Staff Writer
12:29 PM PST, March 24, 2006

DENVER -- Opponents of South Dakota's new ban on abortions announced today that they would launch a ballot initiative to overturn the prohibition.

A group named the South Dakota Campaign for Healthy Families said it would immediately begin gathering signatures in support of the initiative. If they collect 16,728, the new law, designed to provoke a court challenge that could overturn the U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion, will automatically be placed on hold.

State Sen. Elaine Roberts said at a news conference in Sioux Falls that legislators went too far when they passed their bill last month banning abortions, even in most cases of rape and incest.

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