Poll Shows Most South Dakota Voters Back Abortion Rights Ballot Amendment
South Dakota currently bans abortion at all stages of pregnancy, with no exceptions for rape or incest.
New polling out of South Dakota indicates that a majority of residents in the deeply conservative, Republican-controlled state are supportive of protecting abortion rights. The state is currently enforcing a near-total abortion ban. Passed in 2005, a “trigger” law banning abortion went into effect after the U.S. Supreme Court upended abortion protections in its 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health...