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Special SD Legislative Session Planned on Abortion Policy
The South Dakota state Legislature is expected to convene in a special session to reassess abortion laws. Gov. Kristi Noem vowed to call the special …
SD Pro-Choice Groups Praise SCOTUS Ruling
PIERRE, S.D. – Reproductive rights advocates in South Dakota are praising the U.S. Supreme Court's 5-to-3 ruling that has struck down key parts …
Access to Contraception Credited for Big Drop in Unintended Pregnancies
PIERRE, S.D. – Unintended pregnancies are at their lowest level in 30 years in the U.S., and researchers say it's largely due to women's access …
South Dakota Gets Failing Marks for Reproductive Rights
PIERRE, S.D. – 2015 was a challenging year for women's reproductive rights, and the new year is shaping up to be just as fierce. The U.S…
Changing Schools Frequently Can Slow Child Learning
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Children who change schools frequently start falling behind by the time they reach fourth grade. A study of low-income children …
CDC: Risky Teen Behavior Shifts
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Less cigarette smoking, soda drinking and physical fighting, but more time at computers and other tech devices. That's the …
Birth Control: "Preventive" Health Care or Not?
YANKTON, S.D. - Most women spend about 30 years of their lives using birth control. That fact underlies a year-long study being undertaken by the …
New Kids Count Report Shows More S. Dakota Kids Living in Poverty
VERMILLION, S.D. - The new Kids Count report shows that South Dakota improved in two areas that measure a child's well-being, but that the state's …
Post-Election Report Shows SD "Voter Fatigue" With Abortion Issue
Sioux Falls, SD - South Dakota voters opposed the 2008 abortion ban by a slightly wider margin, less than one percent, than they recorded when they …
An End to South Dakota's Abortion Debate?
Pierre, SD - South Dakota lawmakers are back in session today, and they're being called on to end the state's ongoing abortion debate. The South …