The Fight for Abortion Rights Taking Place Across South Dakota

We're coming together to fight attacks on reproductive freedom.

Visit our EVENTS page for updated listings and our ACT NOW page for current actions you can take.

Last week, Politico published a leaked draft of the Supreme Court majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization that explicitly overturns Roe v. Wade.

The court has not issued a ruling yet, but make no mistake: this is a crisis for abortion rights in the United States.

If Roe falls, several states across the country are poised to ban abortion, and our opponents won't stop there: politicians are already talking about a nationwide ban, and they will do everything in their power to enact it. Now is the time for South Dakotans to take a stand for the future of freedom.

Join us at one of several actions taking place statewide. 

Have an event to add? Email ajorgensen@aclu.org with the details. 

Vermillion

  • Friday, May 13
  • 5:30 p.m. CT
  • Vermillion Court House
     

Never Again March Graphic - Vermillion

Rapid City

  • Saturday, May 14
  • 3 p.m. MT
  • Rapid City Courthouse

Sioux Falls

  • Saturday, May 14
  • 4 p.m. CT
  • Van Eps

Bans off our bodies graphic - Rapid City

Pierre

  • Sunday, May 15
  • State Capitol Building
  • 12 p.m. CT

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