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Fundraiser to support choice
By
Kris Hamel
Detroit
Published Oct 13, 2006 9:26 PM
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 [email protected] or call 313-378-2369.
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