2006

• A Win for Women

  Liza Featherstone : Reproductive Rights

  Thanks to a thoughtful grassroots campaign, voters in South Dakota rejected a draconian abortion ban.

• Democracy Worked for SD Abortion Vote

  Liza Featherstone : Reproductive Rights

  The electoral process worked for pro-choice advocates in South Dakota, overturning an abortion ban with a grassroots appeal to keep the government out of citizens' personal lives.

• Prairie Grass Roots

  Katha Pollitt : Reproductive Rights

  In South Dakota, prochoicers are fighting back with a bipartisan initiative challenging the abortion ban and a grassroots effort that has put progressive Native American women on the ballot.

• Anatomy of a Bad Law

  Lauren Bans : Reproductive Rights

  Before the South Dakota legislature passed landmark legislation banning abortion, it commissioned an objective study of the issue. The result, a flawed and one-sided report, could fuel the fight to challenge the law in court.