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Article: Women Warriors help stem the tide in South Dakota.(reproductive justice)
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- off our backs
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- April 1, 2006
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The South Dakota abortion ban measure was defeated during the November election, by a final 56 percent to 44 percent vote. The abortion ban would have been the most restrictive state abortion law in the country because it made no exceptions for rape, incest or the health of the mother. It was pushed through the South Dakota legislature during the spring 2006 session and signed by the governor quickly.
South Dakota pro-choice groups argued that the public should vote on whether or not to keep the new law, at once hoping a public measure might put the issue to rest but also knowing how much was at stake. Both sides of the issue collected signatures to put Measure 6 ...