Laws that restrict our access to abortion are a violation of our civil rights and liberties. It is time for state lawmakers to stop interfering and to stop playing politics with health care.

The ability to decide whether to get an abortion is a fundamental right that should not be decided by state agencies or politicians.

House Bill 1208 poses a serious threat to the health and well-being of individuals seeking medication abortion care and ignores a pregnant person’s individual needs and circumstances.

House Bill 1318 represents dangerous political interference and violates patients’ rights to liberty, privacy and equal protection as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution by imposing significant burdens on abortion access without proof of a valid medical justification.

The ACLU of South Dakota opposes House Bill 1208. Banning a safe and standard method of terminating a pregnancy creates unnecessary restrictions for people accessing essential medical care.

The decision blocks a law that would have eliminated medication abortion access in the state.

This decision temporarily blocks a rule that would have eliminated medication abortion access in the state.

South Dakotans should not be forced to carry pregnancies against their will, but Gov. Kristi Noem’s proposed legislation would do exactly that, depriving them of the ability to make decisions about their body and future.

Politicians and state agencies should not insert themselves into the doctor-patient relationship.