Repeal South Dakota's Unconstitutional Abortion-Pill Advertising Ban

A federal judge has already temporarily blocked South Dakota's abortion-pill advertising ban, signaling the state faces an uphill battle in court.

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Subject Our state is wasting money defending an unconstitutional law — please repeal it

I believe in South Dakota values: fiscal responsibility, free speech, and not spending taxpayer money on legal battles we're going to lose. That's why I'm writing to you today about the law Governor Rhoden signed in March that makes it a crime to advertise abortion pills. On July 11, a federal judge blocked it, ruling that the state couldn't even show the law would survive a legal challenge. That's a clear signal about where this is headed — and it's going to cost South Dakotans real money to find out.

Setting aside the abortion debate entirely: this is a First Amendment issue. A judge has already said so. We're talking about making it illegal to share information — that's the kind of thing courts strike down, and South Dakota taxpayers will be footing the bill for every hour of litigation it takes to get there. Meanwhile, families dealing with difficult medical decisions, doctors trying to do their jobs, and health organizations trying to reach patients are all caught in the middle of a law that can't hold up in court.

I'm asking you to move to repeal this law before South Dakota loses in court and wastes even more of our money. This isn't about re-litigating the abortion question — it's about not throwing good taxpayer dollars after bad. Please act now to repeal the advertising ban before the legal costs pile up further.

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I'm calling because South Dakota is already losing in court on the abortion-pill advertising ban — a federal judge blocked it on July 11th, just weeks after it took effect.
I think most South Dakotans, whatever they believe about abortion, don't want their tax dollars spent defending a law a judge has already flagged as likely unconstitutional.
This is a free speech case — the judge said so. Courts protect the right to share information, and this law criminalizes exactly that. We're going to lose.
I'm asking the representative to support repealing this law now, before we spend more money on a losing court fight. I vote, and this matters to me.

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