Breaking News from South Dakota: Ballot Battle Begins

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South Dakota Campaign for Healthy Families

NARAL Pro-Choice America & Planned Parenthood Federation of
America
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May 31, 2006

Yesterday, the South Dakota Campaign for Healthy Families
delivered 38,000 signatures to the South Dakota Secretary of
State - more than twice the number needed to challenge the
state's abortion ban on the November ballot.

That was the first step. Now the real campaign begins. We have
just five months to educate tens of thousands of moderate South
Dakotans and get them out to the polls. The extremists who
passed this attack on women's health will use every trick in the
book to defend it.

That's why NARAL Pro-Choice America and Planned Parenthood
Federation of America are asking you to give directly to the
South Dakota campaign to kick off a massive voter education and
turnout campaign: http://prochoiceaction.org/ct/mpL6NL61TzQh/.


Our two organizations often work together to achieve common
goals. Today we are joining forces to ask you to donate to the
South Dakota Campaign for Healthy Families, the coalition which
sprang into action as soon as the ban was passed.

We supported them as they rolled up their sleeves, hit the
pavement, and collected the signatures needed to put the measure
before voters. Right now they need your help to begin knocking
on doors, talking to the media, running ads, and making sure
every South Dakotan knows just how important it is to vote down
this ban.

Please give $25, $50, $100, or more to the South Dakota
Campaign for Healthy Families to win the ballot measure in
November: http://prochoiceaction.org/ct/mpL6NL61TzQh/!

The week South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds signed this ban -
intended to be a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade - an anonymous
right-wing donor pledged $1 million to finance the legal battle
against Roe. This is what we're up against!

Polls show a majority of South Dakota voters disagree with
Governor Rounds. But without the resources needed to counter
anti-choice opposition all the way through November, the
majority voice might be muted again.

Help the South Dakota Campaign for Healthy Families kick off
their campaign: http://prochoiceaction.org/ct/mpL6NL61TzQh/!

Don't let this attack on fundamental American values go
unanswered.

Thank you.

Nancy Keenan, President
NARAL Pro-Choice America

Cecile Richards, President
Planned Parenthood Federation of America

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Please Note: This is a one-time only message from Planned
Parenthood Federation of America and NARAL Pro-Choice America on
behalf of the South Dakota Campaign for Healthy Families. To
respect your privacy, please know that your email and contact
information have not been shared.

Authorized by the South Dakota Campaign for Healthy Families,
P.O. Box 1484 Sioux Falls, SD 57101-1484, Planned Parenthood
Federation of America, 434 West 33rd Street, New York, NY 10001
and NARAL Pro-Choice America, 1156 15th St. NW, Washington, DC,
20005; paid for by Planned Parenthood Federation of America and
NARAL Pro-Choice America.
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