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Apr 2013
April 10, 2013
A new memo from a pair of liberal groups that pulls together some of the polling figures makes a strong case for paying more attention to how Republican candidates are not faring well among women voters.
Mother Jones | Kate Sheppard
Mar 2013
March 29, 2013
On Tuesday, Gov. Jack Dairymple signed legislation that would give North Dakota the most restrictive abortion laws in the country. The legislation bans the procedure as soon as a fetal heartbeat is detected.
Slate | Josh Voorhees
March 25, 2013
In North Dakota, the governor is considering signing two anti-abortion bills that would be among the most restrictive in the nation.
TIME | Bonnie Rochman
March 11, 2013
South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard (R) has approved a measure to extend the state’s abortion waiting period, which is already one of the longest in the country.
ThinkProgress | Tara Culp-Ressler
March 10, 2013
Birth rate even higher among South Dakota's tribal teens
Argus Leader | Steve Young
March 8, 2013
South Dakota Republican Governor Dennis Daugaard on Friday signed into law a measure that excludes weekends and holidays from the state's 72-hour waiting period for abortions, potentially making the wait the longest in the nation.
Reuters | David Bailey
March 8, 2013
South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard has signed a bill extending in some cases what is already the nation's longest waiting period for a woman to receive an abortion.
| KSFY
March 6, 2013
Forcing women to wait a 24-hour period between consulting with an abortion doctor and legally terminating their pregnancy can cause “excessive hardships,” a new study finds.
ThinkProgress | Tara Culp-Ressler
March 1, 2013
The South Dakota Senate gave its final approval to an extension of, what is already, the longest waiting period for a woman to receive an abortion in the country.
| KSFY
March 1, 2013
On Thursday, South Dakota lawmakers approved a bill that will make its waiting period for abortions—already the most restrictive in the country—even more cumbersome.
Mother Jones | Kate Sheppard
Feb 2013
February 28, 2013
South Dakota already has the longest abortion waiting period in the country, forcing women to wait 72 hours before being able to access the legal medical procedure.
ThinkProgress | Tara Culp-Ressler
February 28, 2013
It’s now up to Gov. Dennis Daugaard whether women seeking abortions in South Dakota will sometimes need to wait longer than 72 hours after their consultation with the doctor.
Capital Journal | Bob Mercer
February 28, 2013
The wait before South Dakota women can have abortions is about to get a little longer.
Argus Leader | David Montgomery
February 28, 2013
A measure that in some cases could extend what is already the longest abortion waiting period in the U.S. won final approval Thursday from the South Dakota Legislature.
Huffington Post | Chet Brokaw, Associated Press
February 28, 2013
Proving once more that the South Dakota legislature is solidly in the pocket of anti-choice activitsts, the Senate has now voted 24 to 9 to pass a new waiting period that will force women seeking abortion to wait up to a week after her initial appointment before being able to terminate a pregnancy.
RH Reality Check | Robin Marty
February 28, 2013
Listening to South Dakota legislators pontificate on the issues of the day can be puzzling, comical, and frustrating. The words of a local legislator, to be named at the end of this commentary, make the point.
KSOO | Rick Knobe
February 28, 2013
The South Dakota Senate on Thursday passed a bill affecting abortion waiting times that could potentially make them the longest in the country.
Reuters | Mary Wisniewski
February 27, 2013
The South Dakota Legislature is at it again. Despite South Dakotans voting decisively in 2006 and 2008 to protect access to abortion, politicians in Pierre continue to try to restrict that access.
SDSU Collegian | Libby Trammell
February 27, 2013
A South Dakota Senate committee on Wednesday approved an extension of what is already the nation's longest waiting period for a woman to recieve an abortion.
SFGate | Chet Brokaw, Associated Press
February 26, 2013
On the streets of Rapid City today, the abortion battle continues as a small group of pro-choice demonstrators protest a South Dakota bill that would require women to get counseling prior to getting an abortion and would expand the waiting period before they could get one.
News Center 1 | Shad Olson
February 26, 2013
Lining both sides of Phillips Avenue in front of the Federal Courthouse were two very different opinions.
KSFY | Paige Pearson
February 26, 2013
Those for and against the passing of a bill that would extend the amount of time women have to wait to get an abortion let their voices be heard Tuesday.
KDLT News
February 25, 2013
We that oppose this bill are not only concerned with women’s health and her right to choose what is best for her, but offended at the assumption that we are unable to adequately exercise decision-making skills on a holiday or weekend.
Argus Leader | Holly A. Reeve
February 24, 2013
The South Dakota House voted 56 to 13 to pass a new law mandating that women wait at least three full days after meeting with a doctor before obtaining an abortion, not including weekends and holidays.
RH Reality Check | Robin Marty
February 21, 2013
A bill that would require women seeking abortions to wait longer after first seeing an abortion clinic doctor was approved Wednesday night by the South Dakota House.
Rapid City Journal | Associated Press
February 18, 2013
Some South Dakota lawmakers support a bill that would essentially extend the time that women must wait before having an abortion.
Argus Leader | Letter to the Editor
February 16, 2013
A South Dakota committee on Friday voted to exclude weekends and holidays from the waiting period before a woman can have an abortion.
Argus Leader | David Montgomery
February 16, 2013
A bill that could require some women seeking abortions to wait longer after first seeing a doctor was approved Friday by a South Dakota House committee after supporters said women need time to reflect and seek counseling before ending a pregnancy.
Associated Press/The Daily Republic | Chet Brokaw
February 15, 2013
Recently reintroduced legislation could keep pharmacists from refusing to fill women's birth control prescriptions
SALON | Katie Mcdonough
February 15, 2013
New data released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirm what Sandra told Congress a year ago, and what most American women have known for decades: almost all women (99 percent) have used contraception at some point in their lives, regardless of their background or religious affiliation.
Huffington Post | Cecile Richards
February 15, 2013
Until we're allowed to buy OTC birth control, we need Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Rep. Carolyn Maloney's (D-NY) "Access to Birth Control (ABC) Act," reintroduced yesterday, so that pharmacists can't bar women from the pill.
Jezebel | Katie J.M. Baker
February 14, 2013
South Dakota lawmakers will consider expanding the state’s pre-abortion waiting period and preventing a specific kind of abortion-related lawsuit in a Friday hearing.
Argus Leader | David Montgomery
February 14, 2013
Ilyse Hogue, the newly tapped president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, is in some ways an unlikely pick for the role.
Huffington Post | Laura Bassett
February 13, 2013
About 1 in 9 younger women have used the morning-after pill after sex, according to the first government report to focus on emergency contraception since its approval 15 years ago.
Rapid City Journal | Associated Press
February 7, 2013
American bishops said Thursday the Obama administration's latest compromise on birth control coverage and religious employers doesn't go far enough to answer church concerns.
Rapid City Journal | Associated Press
February 5, 2013
President Obama praised abortion-rights activists and marked the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion in a video shown Tuesday night at the NARAL Pro-Choice America annual dinner in Washington, D.C.
The Hill | Kyle Balluck
Jan 2013
January 31, 2013
Now legislators want to raise the barrier to accessing an abortion even higher by disqualifying weekends and holidays from the waiting period.
Mother Jones | Kate Sheppard
January 30, 2013
A South Dakota state senator decides not to turn in a bill that would have ban abortions after the 20th week of gestation.
KOTA Territory | Katy Urban
January 26, 2013
On Saturday night in Rapid City, members of the Pro-Choice organization shared personal testimony from both the pre-Roe and post- Roe perspectives.
KOTA Territory | Kristen Tripodi
January 24, 2013
A Republican lawmaker in New Mexico introduced a bill on Wednesday that would legally require victims of rape to carry their pregnancies to term in order to use the fetus as evidence for a sexual assault trial.
Huffington Post | Laura Bassett
January 23, 2013
Lawsuit against Catholic Health Initiatives appealed to Colorado Supreme Court
The Colorado Independent | John Tomasic
January 22, 2013
Seven in 10 adults say the Supreme Court should not overturn its landmark decision establishing abortion rights, according to a new Wall Street
The Hill | Elise Viebeck
January 22, 2013
The executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice South Dakota Alisha Sedor said over the phone that they would like to see that landmark decision remain legal.
KEVN Black Hills Fox | Tessa Thomas
January 14, 2013
Reproductive health group moves from calling itself a pro-choice organization to emphasize complexity of abortion issue
the guardian: US News Blog | Amanda Holpuch
January 14, 2013
It’s been almost 40 years since since the Supreme Court legalized abortion on Jan. 22, 1973, galvanizing people on both sides...But today, the battle is a slog of legislative fights and piecemeal regulations.
The Washington Post | Sarah Kliff
January 4, 2013
Pregnancy centers, while not new, now number about 2,500, compared with about 1,800 abortion providers.
The New York Times | Pam Belluck
January 3, 2013
In an exit interview, NARAL's president tells Salon it's time a new generation leads. But she's not sure they will
SALON | Irin Carmon
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