South Dakota Amendment Would Undermine Abortion Ban, Nullify Pro-Life Laws - LifeNews.com

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : This effectively would allow abortion in almost all cases.
50% : What is described as "establish[ing] a framework for the regulation of abortion" is really the expansion of elective abortion in a state where there is a desire to regulate, and even prohibit, it.
46% : This means South Dakota would suddenly allow abortion on demand throughout the first trimester.
43% : If legalizing abortion wasn't bad enough, this amendment would also prevent the passage of any future protections for both mother and child.
42% : The proposed ballot summary is misleading, since it states only that the resolution would provide a "framework" by which abortion would be regulated, without mentioning that it would vitiate much of South Dakota's abortion legislation.
42% : It explicitly states that in the first trimester, regulation of the "abortion decision and its effectuation" would not be permitted at all.
41% : Abortion would go from prohibited to protected.
39% : This proposed constitutional amendment would effectively result in the invalidation of all progress the legislature has made over the years to become one of the most pro-Life states in the U.S. It would expand and enshrine abortion as a "right" and prevent future legislators from implementing regulations or limitations on abortion.
25% : By lowering professional accountability, abortion providers in South Dakota will be free to operate without regulation and oversight, to the detriment of women and young girls as they risk facing life-threatening and potentially life-ending complications due to abortion.

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