A freshly minted pro-abortion organization is gathering signatures to place South Dakota's new abortion law on the November ballot. If South Dakota Campaign for Healthy Families collects the signatures of 16,728 registered voters by June 19 the law will be put on hold until November 7.

The coalition includes representatives of Planned Parenthood, Pastors for Moral Choices, Hadassah, NARAL Pro-Choice America, the South Dakota Network for Women, and some Indian Tribal office holders, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Should the organization fail to collect the necessary signatures, the law would go into effect July 1. South Dakota's law was signed by Gov. Mike Rounds on March 6. HB1215 makes it a felony for an abortionist to perform an abortion unless necessary to prevent the death of the mother.

Currently there are at least five votes on the United States Supreme Court to uphold Roe v. Wade. Justices Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, and John Stevens voted in favor of Roe in the case of Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Justices Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg are known to support Roe. Two justices, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, are known to oppose Roe. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito have not voted on the holding of Roe.

Just prior to enactment of the legislation, Fox News published a poll which was conducted by phone February 28–March 1.  Nine hundred registered voters were surveyed nationwide.

After describing South Dakota's law as one which "bans abortion in all cases other than to save the life of the mother," the poll asked if respondents would support or oppose this law "in the state where you live." According to Fox, 35% said they would support while 59% said they would oppose.

Fox's poll then went on to ask a few questions about whether abortion should be "legal or illegal" in several situations.

There was majority support that abortion should be legal when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest (74%) and "where the pregnancy put the mother's life at risk" (83%).

Forty-nine percent said abortion should be illegal "if the pregnancy is unwanted," versus 43% who said it should be legal.

On the question of partial-birth abortion--described as "an abortion procedure late in pregnancy''--61% said it should be banned versus only 28% who said it should not be banned. Republicans and Independents overwhelmingly supported the ban.

Among Democrats there was majority support--51%-- for banning partial-birth abortions versus 35% for not banning partial-birth abortion.

One other question asked the following:
"Five years from now, do you think there will be more restrictions and it will be harder to get an abortion in the United States or will there be fewer restrictions and it will easier to get an abortion?"

According to Fox, 55% said more restrictions, while 24% said fewer restrictions.