The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is being considered on the US Senate floor as we speak and may come up for a vote as soon as Monday, Nov. 28. Sens Conrad (ND), Johnson (SD), and Hoeven (ND) are key targets for the ACLU on this bill, and we need YOUR HELP in reaching out to their offices and urge them to vote the right way.
In response to planned demonstrations around South Dakota, as part of the "Occupy Wall Street" movement, the ACLU of South Dakota (ACLUSD) has released the following protester advisory. While this advisory gives basic information about the rights of protesters, it should not substitute for specific legal advice.
Today, South Dakota's governor, Dennis Daugaard, signed a bill that creates unprecedented restrictions on access to abortion care. As we've blogged before, this law requires women to wait 72 hours between the first counseling session with the doctor and the abortion; it also requires women to first visit "crisis pregnancy centers," entities that are notorious for providing false and misleading information; and requires doctors to tell the woman of any possible risk factor published in medical and psychological journals since 1972. These new restrictions are on top of the long list of abortion restrictions in South Dakota, and come from a state that has one abortion provider.
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