On June 19, South Dakota's Secretary of State certified that South Dakotans will have the opportunity in November to repeal the state's outrageous abortion ban. But this fight is not over.

Donate: NARAL Pro-Choice South Dakota and its coalition partners need funds to knock on doors, call voters, run ads and make sure everyone in the state knows how critial it is to vote down this ban.
Click here to support our organizing efforts in South Dakota!

Learn more: Read NARAL Pro-Choice South Dakota's latest press release about the ballot referendum, and click here to learn more about the ban.

Spread the word: Thirteen other states are considering or did consider statewide abortion bans of their own during this legislative session. Help us spread the word to people in your community about these outright attempts to end a woman's right to choose by writing a letter to the editor. Click here for a list of newspapers in your state to contact.

Contact Governor Rendell: With 13 other states considering abortion bans, it's up to pro-choice Pennsylvanians to send a message to our governor urging him to veto any anti-choice legislation this session.

Show your solidarity: Print out our "Not In My State" flyer and put it up at the office, your home, or your dorm room. Click here to download the flyer.

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Question: On the Nomination (Confirmation Samuel A. Alito, Jr., of New Jersey, to be an Associate Justice)
Vote Number: 2
Vote Date: January 31, 2006, 11:01 AM
Required For Majority: 1/2
Vote Result: Nomination Confirmed
Nomination Description:Samuel A. Alito, Jr., of New Jersey, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Vote Counts: YEAs -58, NAYs - 42

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In an application for a key post in the Reagan administration’s Justice Department, he wrote: "I am particularly proud of my contributions in recent cases in which the government has argued in the Supreme Court . . . that the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion."

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With the confirmation of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, President Bush and his anti-choice allies now have enough votes on the Court to dismantle a woman's right to choose. And there are more than a few upcoming court cases that the new anti-choice majority on the Supreme Court could use to undermine reproductive freedom and privacy.
Click here to view the roll call vote.
Click here for more information about Samuel Alito Jr.

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Polls are open from 7 am to 8 pm on Tuesday, May 17, 2005. To locate your polling place visit www.hallwatch.org or call your county Board of Elections.

If you live in the 4th state senate district, you will be able to vote in the Special Election for state senator. The winner of this special election will be the next state senator for the 4th district, with a term beginning immediately.

Candidates are rated according to their responses to our 2005 candidate questionnaires or based on past responses.

PRO:Candidates whose responses to our 2005 questionnaire indicate support for a woman’s right to choose.

ANTI: Candidates who oppose a woman’s right to choose.

NR: Candidates who did not respond to the questionnaire and who have not publicly stated their position.

Leanna Washington, Democrat, PRO/ENDORSED
Ron Holt, Republican, NR

This is a primary election. In the primary election you can only vote for candidates in the party in which you are registered (Democrat or Republican only). The winners of the judicial primaries will become candidates in the General Election in November.

Recommendations were given to judicial candidates whose responses to our questionnaire clearly indicate a pro-choice position. Candidates who did not respond to our questionnaire or did not clearly indicate a pro-choice position are not listed below.

Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas
Vote for up to 8 candidates in the party in which you are registered

NARAL Pro-Choice PA recommends:

Glenn B. Bronson, Dem/Rep
Ann Butchart, Dem
Linda Carpenter, Dem
Joyce Eubanks, Dem/Rep
Sharon Williams Losier, Dem
Susan Schulman, Dem/Rep
Leon Tucker, Dem/Rep

Philadelphia Judge of Municipal Court
Vote for up to 3 candidates in the party in which you are registered.

NARAL Pro-Choice PA recommends:
Bradley Moss, Dem/Rep
David Shuter, Dem

Questions or concerns please contact:
Genevieve Sherrow
Associate Director
215-545-4666 ext.105
gsherrow@naralpa.org

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