Supporters of a South Dakota abortion ban, passed as a challenge to an established U.S. right to abortion, launched their campaign on Wednesday to uphold the state law in a November referendum.
The South Dakota abortion ban is considered the most restrictive in the United States, banning abortions at all stages of a pregnancy, even those that result from incest or rape or harm a woman's health. The law was to take effect July 1, but opponents gathered enough signatures to petition the state to put the matter before voters in the November mid-term election.
Backers of the law expected it to be challenged in court and they have said they would like the issue to make its way to the U.S. Supreme Court where they hope a more-conservative group of justices will overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that established a woman's right to an abortion.
Reuters
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