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PIERRE (AP) Supporters of a statewide abortion ban said Monday they have filed petition signatures to put the proposal on the November general election ballot in South Dakota.

Leslee Unruh, executive director of VoteYesForLife.com, said the petitions were turned into the secretary of state's office late Monday afternoon. State officials said it might take up to a month to make sure enough valid signatures are on the petitions, she said.

Unruh said supporters collected 46,393 signatures, more than twice the number needed to put the proposal on the ballot for a statewide public vote.


The initiated law would prohibit abortions except in cases of rape or incest.

Leaders of the South Dakota Campaign for Healthy Families, an abortion rights group, responded by saying they think voters will reject it, as they did to a more encompassing ban two years ago."