Fundraiser to support choice

All eyes will be on South Dakota on Nov. 7, when voters in that state will decide on Referred Law 6, an extreme ban on abortion that was passed by the state legislature as HB1215 and signed into law by Gov. Mike Rounds in the spring of this year.

The South Dakota Campaign for Healthy Families, a pro-choice coalition that sprang up in response to the new law, has opened six offices around the sparsely populated state in an all-out effort urging voters to defeat RL6. The law bans all abortions except to save a woman’s life, has no exceptions for medical complications or pregnancies caused by rape or incest, and makes it a felony to assist any woman in terminating a pregnancy. Physicians who perform abortions face steep fines and prison time for breaking the new law.

The Detroit Action Network for Reproductive Rights and Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan recently announced a “Fundraiser & Forum for Choice and Equality,” set for Oct. 21 in Detroit. Short videos and talks on reproductive rights, gay and lesbian parenting and adoption struggles, and defeating Michigan’s anti-affirmative-action Proposal 2 will be part of a fundraising effort for the pro-choice struggle in South Dakota. Funds are urgently needed to help defeat RL6 and delay a review of Roe vs. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court.

To make a donation to this critical effort, please make checks payable to “SD Campaign for Healthy Families” and send them to the SDCHF at P.O. Box 1484, Sioux Falls, SD 57101-1484 or visit www.sdhealthyfamilies.org and click on the “donate” button.

For more information on the Oct. 21 Detroit Fundraiser & Forum for Choice and Equality, email danforr@sbcglobal.net or call 313-378-2369.