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Will 2012 be the Year of State-Required Drug Tests for Public Benefits?

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. January 18, 2012.

Statehouse politicians across the country are already racing to see who can be next to introduce a bill that would require drug testing of people receiving public benefits.

Which State Is Winning the Race to the Bottom to Become the Worst Place for Women?

Sarah Seltzer, AlterNet. September 26, 2011.

The war on women remains in full swing. Which state has become the worst for reproductive rights?

Imagine Being Harassed by Violent Right-Wing Lunatics Every Time You Go to Work -- Meet the Brave Doctors Who Risk Their Lives to Help Women

Sarah Seltzer, AlterNet. July 26, 2011.

The war on women has many fronts: one is being fought against doctors who are making a stand for women’s right to choose in the wake of Dr. Tiller's murder.

South Dakota Outlaws Guns?!

Mark Howard, News Corpse. May 12, 2011.

Alright, not really. But imagine the outcry if lawmakers did to gun laws what they've done to a woman's right to control her own body?

The Horrors Perpetrated By Fake Christian Clinics

Charlotte Taft, RH Reality Check. March 27, 2011.

Sometimes the Fake Clinic would actually send their white-coated volunteers out into the parking lot to take our unwitting patients into their facility.

Christian Intruders: New Law Will Force Women to Listen to Religious Lectures Before Getting an Abortion

Amanda Marcotte, AlterNet. March 23, 2011.

South Dakota hit a triple, attacking reproductive rights, privacy rights and religious freedom with a law aimed at the state's one remaining abortion clinic.

Will Draconian South Dakota Force Women to Visit Religious Pregnancy Centers Before Abortions?

Robin Marty, AlterNet. February 18, 2011.

The "justifiable homicide bill" is gone. But a new SD bill would force women to visit Christian counseling centers before seeking abortions. It's expected to pass.

The South Dakota Bill That Could Legitimize Murder of Abortion Providers

Jodi L. Jacobson, RH Reality Check. February 16, 2011.

If you had any doubt that we are moving toward a hate-filled, vigilante society, you now have an unequivocal answer.

South Dakota Advocates Set to Push Again for Medical Marijuana

Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. January 22, 2010.

Will the second time be the charm in South Dakota? Four years ago, a medical marijuana initiative there lost by four points. Now, advocates are ready to try again

The Crisis Hasn't Hit Everywhere: 10 States Weathering the Economic Storm

Daniel B. Wood, Christian Science Monitor. April 27, 2009.

Not every state has been burned by the housing bust. And having oil and gas revenues doesn't hurt either.

South Dakota Abortion Ban in Dead Heat

Emily Douglas, RH Reality Check. October 31, 2008.

If the ban passes, it will present a challenge to Roe at the Supreme Court.

Abortion Rights Déjà Vu in South Dakota

Katha Pollitt, The Nation. May 26, 2008.

Anti-choicers in South Dakota are again attempting to ban abortion. So where are the progressive voters and organizations?

South Dakota: Save The Fetus and Flog the Mommy?

Daniel DiRito, The All Spin Zone. April 3, 2008.

Protecting the unborn shouldn’t endanger the living.

Republican Senate Candidate Trivializes Rape and Incest

Guest Blogger, July 6, 2007.

Jeff Fecke: As far as South Dakota Republican Joel Dykstra is concerned, rape and incest are just "buzzwords."

Women on the Hill

Martha Burk, TomPaine.com. November 8, 2006.

While the final counts aren't in, we can tout some gains for working women.

South Dakota votes to preserve women's rights

Deanna Zandt, Ann Friedman, November 7, 2006.

They voted no on the abortion ban!

South Dakota anti-choice campaign broke the law

Ann Friedman, November 7, 2006.

A quarter of the funding for the pro-coathanger crowd came from one anonymous source. Now they may be in trouble for violating campaign finance law.

Our Land! American Indians Block Pipeline on Reservation, 5 Arrested

Jorge Rivas, December 31, 1969.


Maloney and Menendez Introduce Bill to End Deceptive Practices by Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Jodi Jacobson, December 31, 1969.


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