S. Dakota Anti-Choice Extremists Are Trying Again

[Sinistrous]

From an email I got from NARAL:

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The most current poll from my home state's largest paper, The Argus Leader, shows that voters are evenly split on Measure 11. The poll's key finding: 12 percent of voters are undecided - that's more than one in 10. We need your help to break the tie.

Casey Murschel, the executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice South Dakota, called to tell us the latest. She says they need all the help they can get. I know Casey means it because my mom's been telling me about the horrible TV ad running non-stop to push this ban through. The ad, paid for by "Yes on 11," criticizes national organizations like NARAL Pro-Choice America for supporting our grassroots campaign. The "Yes on 11" folks conveniently ignore the list of national right-wing groups supporting their cause with dollars.

This horrible ban really could pass! I don't want that legacy for my home state. I don't want South Dakotan women and families to suffer, and I surely don't want Americans to face a challenge to Roe v. Wade just because a vocal minority in South Dakota succeeded while most of America didn't know about their awful misinformation!

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Heidi C

[TwilightZone]

1. The latest poll was 44-44.

I'm really afraid that it could pass. It's extremely well-funded and getting a lot of national GOP support.

[Sinistrous]

2. Anything we can do ?

[TwilightZone]

3. Nah, it's up to South Dakotans at this point.

I spent half my life there and still visit relatives there pretty often, and from their reports, it seems that it's down to whether or not voters see through the zillions of dollars being thrown into advertising on the issue and realize how horrible a bill it is. We have to hope that they do.