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Anti-abortion group to drop lawsuit on Amendment G

Life Defense Fund co-chairs Jon Hansen and Leslie Unruh at the No On G election watch party.
Lee Strubinger
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SDPB
Life Defense Fund co-chairs Jon Hansen and Leslee Unruh at the 'No On G' election watch party.

An anti-abortion group formed to oppose Constitutional Amendment G is dropping its lawsuit against the group bringing the initiative.

South Dakota voters rejected Amendment G, 59 to 41 percent, earlier this month.

“The people have decided, and South Dakotans overwhelmingly rejected this constitutional abortion measure. We have won in the court of public opinion, and South Dakotans clearly saw the abortion lobby's deception," said Leslee Unruh, co-chair of Life Defense Fund. "We are extremely grateful to every South Dakotan who stood up to protect women and children from danger by voting no on Amendment G.”

The lawsuit sought to invalidate signatures gathered by Dakotans For Health.

Life Defense Fund argued the ballot question was invalid, in part for not following a 2018 law that was changed a year later, then invalidated by federal courts.

The next court appearance was scheduled for December 2.

Lee Strubinger is SDPB’s Rapid City-based politics and public policy reporter. Lee is a two-time national Edward R. Murrow Award winning reporter. He holds a master’s in public affairs reporting from the University of Illinois-Springfield.
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