Dakotan’s for Health turns in 55 thousand signatures to get abortion access in South Dakota on the November ballot

Dakotan’s for Health has announced it has turned in 55 thousand signatures to the Secretary of State’s office seeking to enshrine the right to an abortion into the South Dakota constitution. The group needed just over 35,000 signatures to get on the ballot. The signatures need to be verified and if they are voters will decided the state’s stance on abortion come November. Currently abortion in South Dakota is illegal except for in instances to save the life of the mother.