abortion advertising ban

A federal judge blocked South Dakota from enforcing its abortion advertising ban against the nonprofit Mayday Health and plaintiff Nancy Turbak Berry, ruling the state law likely violates free speech. The law prohibits distributing and advertising abortion services, but the judge found the state failed to prove it meets strict scrutiny. Mayday Health, which provides information about abortion pills without selling them, had placed advertisements in South Dakota.

A federal judge ruled that South Dakota cannot enforce its abortion advertising ban against a reproductive health nonprofit. The decision blocks the state's law targeting advertising related to abortion services.