Abortion rights amendment qualifies for the South Dakota ballot
South Dakota officials certified a proposed amendment that would enshrine abortion access in the state’s constitution to appear on the November ballot.
South Dakota officials on Thursday certified a proposed amendment that would enshrine abortion access in the state’s constitution to appear on the November ballot.
South Dakota Secretary of State Monae Johnson, a Republican, said in a statement that her office had validated the petition for the ballot measure, finding that organizers behind the effort had filed more than the required number of signatures for it to qualify.
The measure will appear on the November ballot in the state as “Constitutional Amendment G” and would “establish a right to abortion in the Constitution of South Dakota,” Johnson wrote.
The ballot measure's placement can still be challenged before June 17.
The development makes South Dakota the fourth state where a proposed constitutional amendment to enshrine abortion rights will appear on the ballot in November, along with Florida, Maryland, and New York. Organizers in other seven states are attempting to do the same.
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