http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/criminal-charges-against-pro-life-advocates-dropped-in-south-dakota/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/criminal-charges-against-pro-life-advocates-dropped-in-south-dakota/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 19:42:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133865 LifeSiteNews: Last week, a citation for unlawful assembly against the pro-life advocacy group Missionaries to the Preborn was dismissed after legal advocates say a city ordinance was improperly invoked. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/criminal-charges-against-pro-life-advocates-dropped-in-south-dakota/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/mcconchie-and-harned-obamacare-abortion-mandate-withers/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/mcconchie-and-harned-obamacare-abortion-mandate-withers/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:26:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130968 Washington Times: The administration’s health care law permits a state to opt out of allowing health insurance plans that cover abortions to participate in the new health insurance exchanges within that state and thereby prohibit taxpayer money from subsidizing plans that cover abortions. South Dakota recently became the 15th state to enact such a law. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/mcconchie-and-harned-obamacare-abortion-mandate-withers/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/23/sd-senate-panel-oks-abortion-law-modifications/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/23/sd-senate-panel-oks-abortion-law-modifications/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:13:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126694 NECN: South Dakota's year-old abortion law remains tied up in a court challenge, but a state Senate committee endorsed a bill Wednesday that would change some of its counseling requirements for women seeking an abortion. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/23/sd-senate-panel-oks-abortion-law-modifications/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/23/planned-parenthood-don%e2%80%99t-tell-women-of-abortion-suicide-link/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/23/planned-parenthood-don%e2%80%99t-tell-women-of-abortion-suicide-link/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:16:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126674 Life News: Clarke Forsythe and Mailee Smith of Americans United for Life recently penned an op-ed in The Washington Times regarding a hearing that will be taking place in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit on Planned Parenthood v. Rounds, a case disputing a South Dakota statute, which was enacted in 2005, that mandates all women receive information of the medical risks of an abortion. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/23/planned-parenthood-don%e2%80%99t-tell-women-of-abortion-suicide-link/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/30/south-dakota-supreme-court-refuses-to-order-church-dissolution-because-of-religious-issues-involved/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/30/south-dakota-supreme-court-refuses-to-order-church-dissolution-because-of-religious-issues-involved/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:23:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124436 Religion Clause: Wipf v. Hutterville Hutterian Bretheren, Inc., (SD Sup. Ct., Jan. 25, 2012) is the South Dakota Supreme Court's second installment in a factional dispute in a South Dakota Hutterite colony, and one of the first cases to cite the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Hosanna-Tabor decision. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/30/south-dakota-supreme-court-refuses-to-order-church-dissolution-because-of-religious-issues-involved/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/30/sd-study-of-bible-in-states-schools/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/30/sd-study-of-bible-in-states-schools/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:29:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124416 OneNewsNow.com: The South Dakota House has voted to recommend that school districts provide academic instruction on the Bible, brushing off concerns by some critics that the nonbinding resolution seeks to promote religious beliefs. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/30/sd-study-of-bible-in-states-schools/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/17/alan-e-sears-in-south-dakota-strengthened-legal-efforts-to-protect-preborn-children/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/17/alan-e-sears-in-south-dakota-strengthened-legal-efforts-to-protect-preborn-children/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:51:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123269 TellADF Blog: A federal court has granted the motion of an Alliance Defense Fund allied attorney permitting two South Dakota pregnancy centers to intervene in defense of a new state law – already under attack from Planned Parenthood – that would ensure crucial protections for mothers and their preborn children. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/17/alan-e-sears-in-south-dakota-strengthened-legal-efforts-to-protect-preborn-children/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/17/crisis-pregnancy-centers-enter-suit-over-state-anti-abortion-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/17/crisis-pregnancy-centers-enter-suit-over-state-anti-abortion-law/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:59:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123245 Rapid City Journal: The lawyer for two South Dakota crisis pregnancy centers said their role in the upcoming legal battle over the state's latest attempt to restrict abortions will be essential to defending an abortion counseling law. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/17/crisis-pregnancy-centers-enter-suit-over-state-anti-abortion-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/11/south-dakota-law-stopping-forced-abortions-gets-legal-help/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/11/south-dakota-law-stopping-forced-abortions-gets-legal-help/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:44:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=122680 LifeNews.com: Two pregnancy help centers will help defend South Dakota’s law that protects women from being coerced into an abortion. A federal court granted a motion, filed by Alliance Defense Fund allied attorney Harold Cassidy, that allows the two centers to intervene in defense of the law, which is under attack in Planned Parenthood v. Daugaard. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/11/south-dakota-law-stopping-forced-abortions-gets-legal-help/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/09/adf-court-says-pregnancy-help-centers-can-defend-sd-abortion-waiting-period-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/09/adf-court-says-pregnancy-help-centers-can-defend-sd-abortion-waiting-period-law/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:47:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=122342 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/09/adf-court-says-pregnancy-help-centers-can-defend-sd-abortion-waiting-period-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/court-allows-pregnancy-centers-to-intervene-in-establishment-clause-challenge-to-informed-consent-abortion-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/court-allows-pregnancy-centers-to-intervene-in-establishment-clause-challenge-to-informed-consent-abortion-law/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:35:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121859 Religion Clause: In Planned Parenthood Minnesota v. Daugaard, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 148345 (D SD, Dec. 27, 2011), a South Dakota federal district court permitted two South Dakota crisis pregnancy centers to intervene as defendants in a lawsuit challenging on Establishment Clause and free speech grounds the 2011 changes to South Dakota's informed consent abortion law. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/court-allows-pregnancy-centers-to-intervene-in-establishment-clause-challenge-to-informed-consent-abortion-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/09/4-south-dakota-casinos-sue-state-department-of-revenue-over-tax-on-promotional-dollars/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/09/4-south-dakota-casinos-sue-state-department-of-revenue-over-tax-on-promotional-dollars/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:26:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120425 The Republic: The promotional dollars are slot machine credits that casinos give away to entice people to play. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/09/4-south-dakota-casinos-sue-state-department-of-revenue-over-tax-on-promotional-dollars/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/09/so-dakotas-informed-consent-still-under-scrutiny/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/09/so-dakotas-informed-consent-still-under-scrutiny/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:51:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120406 One News Now: "A woman's right to make a fully informed choice is more important than Planned Parenthood's bottom line," the attorney argues. "If Planned Parenthood truly cared about the well-being of women, it wouldn't try to prevent them from being informed of the well-documented risks of depression and suicide that accompany abortion." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/09/so-dakotas-informed-consent-still-under-scrutiny/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/08/law-telling-women-of-abortion-suicide-link-back-in-court-lifenews/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/08/law-telling-women-of-abortion-suicide-link-back-in-court-lifenews/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:27:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120361 LifeNews.com: “A woman’s right to make a fully informed choice is more important than Planned Parenthood’s bottom line,” said ADF attorney Steve Aden. “If Planned Parenthood truly cared about the well-being of women, it would not try to prevent them from being informed of the well-documented risk of suicide that accompanies abortion.” “A child’s life is worth more than Planned Parenthood’s bottom line,” Aden said." [more] ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/08/law-telling-women-of-abortion-suicide-link-back-in-court-lifenews/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/08/court-to-decide-abortion-suicide-links-planned-parenthoods-only-win-in-south-dakota-fight-returns-to-8th-circuit-worldnetdaily/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/08/court-to-decide-abortion-suicide-links-planned-parenthoods-only-win-in-south-dakota-fight-returns-to-8th-circuit-worldnetdaily/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:24:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120306 WorldNetDaily: "A woman's right to make a fully informed choice is more important than Planned Parenthood's bottom line," said Steven H. Aden, a senior counsel for the ADF. "If Planned Parenthood truly cared about the well-being of women, it would not try to prevent them from being informed of the well-documented risk of suicide that accompanies abortion." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/08/court-to-decide-abortion-suicide-links-planned-parenthoods-only-win-in-south-dakota-fight-returns-to-8th-circuit-worldnetdaily/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/07/adf-planned-parenthood-losing-grip-on-s-d-abortion-law-as-8th-circuit-grants-another-review/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/07/adf-planned-parenthood-losing-grip-on-s-d-abortion-law-as-8th-circuit-grants-another-review/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:05:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120184 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/07/adf-planned-parenthood-losing-grip-on-s-d-abortion-law-as-8th-circuit-grants-another-review/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/06/en-banc-8th-circuit-to-hear-arguments-over-sd-abortion-law-in-january/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/06/en-banc-8th-circuit-to-hear-arguments-over-sd-abortion-law-in-january/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:21:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120154 The Argus Leader | argusleader.com: A federal court said Monday it will hear arguments next month concerning a 2005 South Dakota law that requires a doctor to tell a woman seeking an abortion that she would face a higher risk of suicide by going through with the procedure. The hearing will be Jan. 9 . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/06/en-banc-8th-circuit-to-hear-arguments-over-sd-abortion-law-in-january/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/02/south-dakota-high-court-says-statute-of-limitations-bars-alleged-40-year-old-clergy-abuse/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/02/south-dakota-high-court-says-statute-of-limitations-bars-alleged-40-year-old-clergy-abuse/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:30:09 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=119843 Religion Clause: In Iron Wing v. Catholic Diocese of Sioux Falls, (SD Sup. Ct., Nov. 30, 2011), the South Dakota Supreme Court held that a lawsuit filed in 2008 by a victim of clergy sexual abuse committed over 40 years earlier is barred by the statute of limitations. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/02/south-dakota-high-court-says-statute-of-limitations-bars-alleged-40-year-old-clergy-abuse/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/08/what-a-woman-must-know-before-aborting/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/08/what-a-woman-must-know-before-aborting/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 11:28:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=112964 OneNewsNow.com: "Planned Parenthood and other proponents of death work diligently to restrict the information mothers have about abortion and the life within them," explains Steven H. Aden, attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF). "It was incredible for the lower court to have determined that the law cannot acknowledge that a pregnant woman has an existing relationship with that unborn human being because some human beings are somehow not persons." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/08/what-a-woman-must-know-before-aborting/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/07/appeals-court-upholds-critical-portions-of-south-dakota-informed-consent-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/07/appeals-court-upholds-critical-portions-of-south-dakota-informed-consent-law/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 10:42:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=112799 LifeSiteNews.com: Harold Cassidy, an attorney affiliated with the Alliance Defense Fund, filed the appeal to the 8th Circuit on behalf of a group of pregnancy centers that successfully intervened in the suit to protect the interest of women . . . ADF Senior Counsel Steven H. Aden said the court was right to uphold informing women of “an undisputed biological fact.” “A child’s life is worth more than Planned Parenthood’s bottom line,” said Aden. “Planned Parenthood and other proponents of death work diligently to restrict the information mothers have about abortion and the life within them.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/07/appeals-court-upholds-critical-portions-of-south-dakota-informed-consent-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/06/court-state-can-tell-pregnant-women-of-existing-relationship-with-baby/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/06/court-state-can-tell-pregnant-women-of-existing-relationship-with-baby/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:47:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=112765 Baptist Press: "Planned Parenthood and other proponents of death work diligently to restrict the information mothers have about abortion and the life within them," said Steven Aden, senior counsel of the Alliance Defense Fund, which filed a friend-of-the-court brief backing the state law. "It was incredible for the lower court to have determined that the law cannot acknowledge that a 'pregnant woman has an existing relationship with that unborn human being' because some human beings are somehow not 'persons.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/06/court-state-can-tell-pregnant-women-of-existing-relationship-with-baby/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/06/court-rules-in-favor-of-s-d-pro-life-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/06/court-rules-in-favor-of-s-d-pro-life-law/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:38:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=112666 The New American: Steven H. Aden of the Alliance Defense Fund, which had filed a brief in the case on behalf of a number of pro-life groups, noted that a “child’s life is worth more than Planned Parenthood’s bottom line. Planned Parenthood and other proponents of death work diligently to restrict the information mothers have about abortion and the life within them.” He added that it was “incredible for the lower court to have determined that the law cannot acknowledge that a ‘pregnant woman has an existing relationship with that unborn human being’ because some human beings are somehow not ‘persons.’ The 8th Circuit rightly determined that it’s perfectly constitutional to inform women of an undisputed biological fact.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/06/court-rules-in-favor-of-s-d-pro-life-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/06/sd-abortionists-ordered-to-follow-disputed-informed-consent-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/06/sd-abortionists-ordered-to-follow-disputed-informed-consent-law/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:23:46 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=112662 WorldNetDaily: "A child's life is worth more than Planned Parenthood's bottom line," said Steve H. Aden, senior counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund, which filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Family Research Council, CareNet, Heartbeat International and the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates. The key attorney on the case was Harold Cassidy, one of more than 2,000 lawyers in the ADF organization. "Planned Parenthood and other proponents of death work diligently to restrict the information mothers have about abortion and the life within them. It was incredible for the lower court to have determined that the law cannot acknowledge that a 'pregnant woman has an existing relationship with that unborn human being' because some human beings are somehow not 'persons.' The 8th Circuit rightly determined that it's perfectly constitutional to inform women of an undisputed biological fact," Aden said. Read more: Abortionists ordered to follow disputed 'informed consent' law http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=340785#ixzz1XBbIehIW ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/06/sd-abortionists-ordered-to-follow-disputed-informed-consent-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/06/court-south-dakota-law-telling-women-abortion-risks-ok/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/06/court-south-dakota-law-telling-women-abortion-risks-ok/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:14:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=112657 LifeNews.com: “A child’s life is worth more than Planned Parenthood’s bottom line,” said ADF Senior Counsel Steven H. Aden. “Planned Parenthood and other proponents of death work diligently to restrict the information mothers have about abortion and the life within them. It was incredible for the lower court to have determined that the law cannot acknowledge that a ‘pregnant woman has an existing relationship with that unborn human being’ because some human beings are somehow not ‘persons.’ The 8th Circuit rightly determined that it’s perfectly constitutional to inform women of an undisputed biological fact.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/06/court-south-dakota-law-telling-women-abortion-risks-ok/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/02/adf-8th-circuit-upholds-critical-portions-of-south-dakota-informed-consent-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/02/adf-8th-circuit-upholds-critical-portions-of-south-dakota-informed-consent-law/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:20:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=112619 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/02/adf-8th-circuit-upholds-critical-portions-of-south-dakota-informed-consent-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/02/8th-circuit-rules-on-south-dakota-informed-abortion-consent-laws/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/02/8th-circuit-rules-on-south-dakota-informed-abortion-consent-laws/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:52:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=112585 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/02/8th-circuit-rules-on-south-dakota-informed-abortion-consent-laws/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/26/south-dakota-will-fight-for-72-hour-abortion-wait-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/26/south-dakota-will-fight-for-72-hour-abortion-wait-law/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:26:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109125 LifeNews.com: South Dakota officials have decided not to fight the injunction a judge put in place against a new pro-life law the legislature approved. Instead, they will fight a Planned Parenthood lawsuit on the law itself. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/26/south-dakota-will-fight-for-72-hour-abortion-wait-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/01/sd-to-decide-next-move-in-abortion-litigation/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/01/sd-to-decide-next-move-in-abortion-litigation/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 09:32:22 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=107298 AP: South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley said the state must decide whether to appeal the preliminary injunction, continue to argue the merits of the case, discuss a potential settlement or do nothing. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/01/sd-to-decide-next-move-in-abortion-litigation/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/01/south-dakota-judge-halts-72-hour-abortion-waiting-period-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/01/south-dakota-judge-halts-72-hour-abortion-waiting-period-law/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 06:33:46 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=107211 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/01/south-dakota-judge-halts-72-hour-abortion-waiting-period-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/27/ap-in-sd-abortion-counseling-meant-to-discourage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/27/ap-in-sd-abortion-counseling-meant-to-discourage/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:46:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=107085 AP: The small sign outside the Alpha Center in Sioux Falls quietly announces a roster of available services: "Free pregnancy tests, abortion information, STD testing." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/27/ap-in-sd-abortion-counseling-meant-to-discourage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/13/more-south-dakota-couples-choosing-to-live-together-outside-of-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/13/more-south-dakota-couples-choosing-to-live-together-outside-of-marriage/#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:16:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=106158 Rapid City Journal: The Rapid Valley couple joins a growing number of South Dakotans staying away from a marriage license. Over a 30-year period, the number of marriages in South Dakota dropped by 33 percent from 8,800 marriages in 1980 to 5,887 marriages in 2009. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/13/more-south-dakota-couples-choosing-to-live-together-outside-of-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/27/planned-parenthood-and-aclu-sue-to-stop-new-sd-abortion-counseling-law-and-waiting-period/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/27/planned-parenthood-and-aclu-sue-to-stop-new-sd-abortion-counseling-law-and-waiting-period/#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 16:49:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=104922 : The lawsuit charges that HB 1217, which passed the South Dakota legislature in March and is scheduled to go into effect on July 1, is unconstitutional because it requires a woman who is seeking an abortion to first prove that she has received so-called “counseling” from an unlicensed, unaccredited and unregulated crisis pregnancy center. Further, it imposes a 72-hour mandatory delay for an abortion after a woman’s initial consultation with her doctor and requires her doctor to obtain written proof from her that she sought counseling at a crisis pregnancy center. | Complaint ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/27/planned-parenthood-and-aclu-sue-to-stop-new-sd-abortion-counseling-law-and-waiting-period/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/05/south-dakotas-new-72-hour-wait-before-an-abortion-law-now-waiting-for-pregnancy-center-support/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/05/south-dakotas-new-72-hour-wait-before-an-abortion-law-now-waiting-for-pregnancy-center-support/#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 18:46:41 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=102890 Deseret News: Although the country's longest wait bill was signed nearly two months ago, none of the state's pregnancy centers have stepped forward to register with the state as required by the law. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/05/south-dakotas-new-72-hour-wait-before-an-abortion-law-now-waiting-for-pregnancy-center-support/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/26/nlrb-will-sue-ariz-sd-over-union-laws/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/26/nlrb-will-sue-ariz-sd-over-union-laws/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:16:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=101936 AP: "The National Labor Relations Board says it will move ahead with lawsuits seeking to invalidate state constitutional amendments in Arizona and South Dakota that require workers to hold secret ballot elections before a company can be unionized." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/26/nlrb-will-sue-ariz-sd-over-union-laws/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/23/ap-wave-of-anti-abortion-bills-advance-in-the-states/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/23/ap-wave-of-anti-abortion-bills-advance-in-the-states/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 21:21:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=98971 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/23/ap-wave-of-anti-abortion-bills-advance-in-the-states/feed/ 0