Judge Temporarily Blocks SD’s Abortion-Pill Advertising Ban as Lawsuit Continues

Judge temporarily blocks SD’s abortion-pill advertising ban as lawsuit continues

PIERRE — A new South Dakota law that criminalizes the advertising of abortion pills cannot be enforced while a lawsuit against it continues, a federal judge ruled Friday.

Judge temporarily blocks South Dakota’s abortion-pill advertising ban as lawsuit continues

A new South Dakota law that criminalizes the advertising of abortion pills cannot be enforced while a lawsuit against it continues, a federal judge ruled Friday. Nancy Turbak Berry, who formerly served as a Democratic state legislator from Watertown, and New York-based nonprofit Mayday Health filed the lawsuit in May against Gov. Larry Rhoden and […]

Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks South Dakota Law Prohibiting the Advertising of Abortion Pills

The judge says that South Dakota failed to show the advertisements are ‘integral to criminal conduct.’

South Dakota can't stop website from informing women there about abortion pills

South Dakota can't ban a website from sharing info about abortion pills, a federal judge said, temporarily blocking enforcement of the state's anti-abortion advertising law against Mayday Health and a lawyer whose sweatshirt advertised the group.

Turbak, Mayday Health Win Injunction Against South Dakota’s Ban on Talking About Abortion Pills

The state of South Dakota lost yet another important First Amendment case Friday, as a federal judge told the state it can’t punish people for talking about abortion pills. This year in Pierre, the Legislature passed House Bill 1274—enacted as of July 1 as SDCL 22-17-5.3, -5.4, and 5.5, plus an amendment to South Dakota’s abortion ban in SDCL 22-17-5.1—to respond to Governor Larry Rhoden’s and Attorney General Marty Jackley’s desire to punish Ne…

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