An anti-abortion group in South Dakota has filed a lawsuit to block an abortion rights measure from appearing on the November ballot. The Life Defense Fund alleges various wrongdoing by the measure's supporters, including invalid signatures and fraud, and seeks to disqualify or invalidate the initiative.
In May, Secretary of State Monae Johnson validated the measure by Dakotans for Health for the November 5 general election ballot. The measure's supporters had submitted about 54,000 signatures, surpassing the required 35,000 signatures. Johnson's office deemed approximately 85% of the signatures as valid based on a random sample.
