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South Dakota's current abortion law outlaws all abortions with few exceptions. The proposed amendment's language is based on the trimester framework originally in the 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade. [20] At the time, fetal viability was generally regarded to occur around 28 weeks gestation. [21]
The South Dakota legislature passed a law in 2006 that would have banned abortion in the state. Several members of the South Dakota legislative majority, as well as Governor Rounds, acknowledged that the overt goal of this law, the Women's Health and Human Life Protection Act, was to get the Supreme Court to overturn Roe. [11]
Amendment G would enshrine the right to abortion in the South Dakota Constitution if enacted. Here's what to know about the ballot measure. Abortion access is in the hands of South Dakota voters.
The South Dakota Legislature and Gov. Kristi Noem passed a bill during the 2024 legislative session requiring the state Department of Health to create a video that clarifies the state’s abortion ...
The measure will appear on the November ballot in the state as “Constitutional Amendment G” and would “establish a right to abortion in the Constitution of South Dakota,” Johnson wrote.
Abortion is illegal in South Dakota, with exceptions to "preserve the life of the pregnant female", given "appropriate and reasonable medical judgement". [194] There are no exceptions for rape, incest, or fatal fetal abnormalities. [6] [84] [195] The ban was enacted as a trigger law in 2005.
In South Dakota, an amendment to prohibit the state from restricting abortion during the first trimester failed to pass. The state currently has an abortion law that permits abortions to save the ...
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 ...