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An anti-abortion group in South Dakota has appealed to the state's Supreme Court after a 

In a statement, Life Defense Fund Co-Chair Leslee Unruh said the group has asked for an expedited order from the court “because there are absolutely no legal grounds for this dismissal.” The appeal was filed Wednesday.

“We will do everything we can to move this case as fast as possible,” she said.

 alleging wrongdoing related to petition circulators. Measure group Dakotans for Health 

 tens of thousands of petition signatures in May. Secretary of State Monae Johnson's office later 

 the initiative for the Nov. 5 general election ballot.

The measure would bar the state from regulating “a pregnant woman’s abortion decision and its effectuation” in the first trimester, but it would allow second-trimester regulations “only in ways that are reasonably related to the physical health of the pregnant woman.”

The constitutional amendment would allow the state to regulate or prohibit abortion in the third trimester, “except when abortion is necessary, in the medical judgment of the woman’s physician, to preserve the life or health of the pregnant woman.”

 abortion as a felony crime except in instances to save the life of the mother, under a trigger law that took effect in 2022 

Since that decision, abortion rights measures have passed in all 

 where voters have weighed in. Similar measures will be before voters in a 

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An anti-abortion group in South Dakota is appealing a judge's dismissal of its lawsuit to remove an abortion rights initiative from the November ballot. Life Defense Fund filed an appeal Wednesday, asking for an expedited order from the court as the November election nears. 

South Dakota anti-abortion group appeals ruling that dismissed ballot initiative lawsuit

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