The South Dakota Circuit Court signed an order to expedite Life Defense Fund (LDF)’s case – Life Defense Fund and Leslee Unruh vs. Dakotans for Health – so that the case is determined before ballot measures are published in South Dakota newspapers. The court also joined the Secretary of State as a party to the case and denied Dakotans for Health’s motion to dismiss the claims. Each of Life Defense Fund’s claims will proceed toward trial.

“The deception of Dakotans for Health will finally come to light.” Said Caroline Woods, spokesperson for Life Defense Fund. “These decisions from the court will finally give Life Defense Fund the opportunity to present our mounds of video evidence, showing Dakotans for Health clearly breaking election law and engaging in fraudulent activity. Putting Amendment G on the ballot this November would be unfair to voters since Dakotans for Health used bait-and-switch tactics, broke the law, and cheated their way to put abortion-up-to-birth up for a vote this fall.”

Sara Frankenstein, attorney for Life Defense Fund, added

“We were pleased that the judge expedited our case so that if we win, each official county newspaper can publish the ballot on time, omitting Amendment G from the list of amendments, and indicating Amendment G has been disqualified. Now, Dakotans for Health will finally have to respond to each and every allegation made in our Complaint with an ‘admit’ or ‘deny,’ and we are anxious to receive their Answer this week.”