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The ACLU of South Dakota is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that works to defend and strengthen the individual rights and liberties guaranteed in the United States and South Dakota Constitutions through lobbying, selective litigation, and public education. In the 2019 South Dakota Legislative Session we will be working on a broad range of issues including free speech, criminal justice, reproductive freedom, immigrants rights, and LGBT rights.
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The ACLU of South Dakota opposes Senate Bill 55. No student should feel pressured in public school to adopt certain religious beliefs. This bill sends a thinly veiled message that only students who believe in God are welcome.
The ACLU of South Dakota opposes Senate Bill 49. This bill is simply an attempt to single transgender students out for discrimination in South Dakota.
The ACLU of South Dakota opposes Senate Bill 19, a bill that would repeal presumptive probation.
The ACLU of South Dakota opposes this legislation. The decision to have an abortion is deeply personal and private and best left to a woman, her family and her doctor.
The ACLU of South Dakota opposes this bill. (UPDATE: Sent to the 41st Day)
