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Planned Parenthood and ACLU of South Dakota File Suit to Stop Medically Unnecessary Restriction on Medication Abortion in South Dakota

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

January 19, 2022

Senate State Affairs Committee Passes Discriminatory Anti-Transgender Sports Bill

Senate Bill 46 attempts to solve a problem that does not exist while slamming the door shut for transgender student athletes to fully participate in their school communities.

January 14, 2022

ACLU of South Dakota Announces 2022 Legislative Priorities

The ACLU of South Dakota will be monitoring a wide variety of bills and will focus on three main issue areas: abortion access and reproductive freedom, defending free speech and opposing classroom censorship, and LGBTQ+ and Two Spirit equality.

January 10, 2022

S.D. Lawmakers Need to Focus on Real Issues, Not Discriminatory Bills

With serious issues like education funding, workforce housing, childcare, criminal justice reform, and tenuous state-tribal relations, it’s disturbing that some legislators keep coming back to the same discriminatory issues year after year.

January 6, 2022

Session Soundtrack: Our Playlist for a Robust Democracy

Whether you’re for a specific bill or against it, there’s plenty of work to do, calls to make, letters to write, legislative coffees and cracker barrels to attend.

December 30, 2021

ACLU of South Dakota Opposes Noem’s Proposed Classroom Censorship Legislation

Instead of encouraging learning, Gov. Noem’s proposed legislation effectively gags educators and students from talking about issues of the most profound national importance, such as the impact of systemic racism and sexism in our society.

December 20, 2021