SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – South Dakota residents will vote on whether or not to establish a right to abortion in the state constitution come November 5.
Amendment G is one of four constitutional amendments people will be voting on.
Two women who’ve practiced medicine in South Dakota explain why residents should and shouldn’t vote for Amendment G.
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Dr. Amy Kelly, a Sioux Falls OB-GYN who supports Amendment G, shares her view on how the current law impacts her job.
“The vagueness of that law has really put myself and other OB-GYNs and health care providers who take care of pregnant women in a sticky spot because no one has on their forehead when something goes from being just bad to life-threatening,” Kelly said.
On the opposition with Life Defense Fund, Dr. Patti Giebink says people shouldn’t vote for G because its wording is too vague.
“Under this amendment, it says there can be no regulations. None, zero. It really doesn’t prohibit anything. And I think this amendment is too extreme. I think that South Dakota can do better if we want to make exceptions, we can do that through the legislature,” Giebink said.