Dear Kossacks, we wanted to introduce ourselves,
FOCUS: South Dakota, and start what we hope will be a long discussion about the future of South Dakota and reproductive freedom for our nation.
Focus South Dakota led the effort to take HB1215 to the people and played a critical role in founding and advising the prominent group of state leaders, local activists and national organizations who have come together to defeat the law. We are working in coalition with Planned Parenthood, NARAL, South Dakota's Democracy in Action and South Dakota Campaign for Healthy Families, which is the face of the fight in the state.
This is just one component of a multi-faceted effort to fight this outrageous assault on personal liberty and choice.
Focus South Dakota is directly and aggressively challenging HB1215 by working to put it on the ballot this fall, and helping the voters to
send a strong, clear message to these extremists.
If we challenge the extremists at the ballot now, we will send a message that their first attack on Roe v. Wade will be their last.
We have until June 19th to collect 16,728 signatures to get HB 1215 on the ballot but our goal is to gather 50,000 signatures as a show of strength going into the November election, and to prevent anti-choice forces from challenging our signatures in court.
Please note, the website (www.focussouthdakota.org/index-new.html) is still our beta which will not go live for 2-3 days. We are linking to it now in hopes that all of you out there who are interested in joining us in this fight will provide us with your feedback and early support. The donation and volunteer links are already active.
Join us. Take a stand. Sign up TODAY and make your voice heard!
Team Focus: South Dakota