It still needs to pass in another election before going into effect.
It still needs to pass in another election before going into effect.
The decision could reverse the state’s near-total ban on the procedure.
Abortion is currently banned in South Dakota with minimal exceptions.
The measure protects against discrimination based on “ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, and sex, including sexual orientation, gender identity and pregnancy.”
The state had two competing measures on abortion. If both were approved, the one with more votes would pass.
While abortion is legal to the point of fetal viability in Montana, lawmakers have repeatedly tried to restrict the procedure.
Abortion is already legal up to the point of fetal viability in the state.
The measure, Amendment 4, would have guaranteed the right to an abortion up until fetal viability.
The procedure is already protected with no gestational limits in the state.
They voted for a measure that would guarantee the right to an abortion up until the point of fetal viability, according to a projection by Decision Desk HQ.