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South Dakota Amendment G was a proposed constitutional amendment that appeared on the ballot on November 5, 2024. If passed, the amendment would have established a right to abortion in the Constitution of South Dakota up until approximately the beginning of the third trimester [nb 1] of pregnancy. [2]
Amendment G would enshrine the right to abortion in the South Dakota Constitution if enacted. Here's what to know about the ballot measure.
The development makes South Dakota the fourth state where a proposed constitutional amendment to enshrine abortion rights will appear on the ballot in November, along with Florida, Maryland, and ...
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 anti-abortion ...
South Dakota outlaws abortion as a felony crime except in instances to save the life of the mother, under a trigger law that took effect in 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion. Abortion-rights supporters have prevailed on all seven statewide abortion ballot questions since the Dobbs decision.
On November 7, WHHLPA was repealed by the South Dakota electorate; the vote was 56%-44% favoring repeal. [12] [13] [22] [23] In 2008, Right to Life of South Dakota gathered enough signatures to put an initiative measure on the ballot. Initiative Measure 11 would have restricted abortion to cases involving rape, incest, and the woman's health.
Johnson validated the abortion-rights measure in May by using a sample to estimate that 46,098 signatures were from registered South Dakota voters, surpassing the required 35,017.
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 ...