Initiative 11 Protects Rights & Interests of the Women of Our State

Initiative 11 protects the rights and interests of the women of South Dakota.

In public hearings over the past five years before our legislature and a special Abortion Task force, almost 2,000 women testified in person or in writing about the pain, despair, isolation, depression and even attempted suicides resulting from their realization that they were involved in terminating the life of their own child. The pain of these women was so profound that even the hardest of hearts were moved to compassion and tears.

The evidence shows that, most abortions are the result of consents that were either uninformed or not truly voluntary or both.

A mother’s unique relationship with her child during pregnancy is the most intimate, most important, and one most worthy of protection. The unique bond between mother and child creates a human relationship that may be the most rewarding in all of life.

Initiative 11 was drafted by South Dakota’s Attorney General and a panel of 11 legal experts. It is well thought out and well crafted to meet the wishes of the majority of South Dakotans. It protects women and eliminates the use of abortion as a means of “birth control.”