Abortion Rights Activists Use Petition to Fight S.D. Ban

by Johanna Sailor, NPR

An abortion-rights group in South Dakota has started a petition drive that, if successful, would stall that state's new abortion ban and give voters a say in the matter. The move could replace talk of a legal challenge of the law. Abortion opponents call it a desperate maneuver to avoid a legal confrontation. South Dakota Public Radio's Johanna Sailor reports.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, March 16, 2006