Abortion rights initiatives make the ballot in South Dakota and Colorado

By JACK DURA
Associated Press

Abortion rights ballot initiatives will go before Colorado and South Dakota voters this November. South Dakota’s secretary of state’s office on Thursday said that about 85% of the more than 55,000 signatures submitted in support of the ballot initiative were valid, exceeding the required number of signatures. The measure faces an uphill battle in the conservative state where a trigger law banning nearly all abortions went into effect after Roe v. Wade was overturned. Meanwhile, Colorado’s measure made the ballot Friday. It would enshrine abortion protections into the state constitution. Voters of seven other states have already approved abortion rights ballot measures.