Contact: Brandi Gruis, 605-271-7581

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, October 20 /Christian Newswire/ -- The VoteYesForLife.com campaign is holding a press conference Monday, October 20th at 12:30 p.m. at Spring Hill Suites by Marriott (4304 West Empire Place, next to Empire Mall) to announce the legal action being taken to remove TV ads being run by a pro-abortion group. The ads make patently false claims about Measure 11.  Specifically, the libelous ads falsely claim that if Measure 11 passes, government will be involved in deciding if a woman could have an abortion when faced with medical conditions that present a risk to her health.  Nothing could be further from the truth.

The ads are patently false.  Sections 4 and 5 of  Measure 11 clearly indicate that those decisions are left up to the physician's judgment.  Measure 11 is clearly written. It took 8 months for 11 legal experts to write the proposed law.  The legal experts gave special attention to these extremely rare cases to protect doctors when the life and health of the mother is at risk. Several doctors have signed affidavits as part of this action stating the ads are completely false.

Dr. Yvonne Seger, a Sioux Falls OBGYN is also very supportive of Measure 11. "The law is clear and it will not affect the way doctors currently practice medicine," she assured.  Dr. Jane Gaetze, another OBGYN, stated, "Diabetes, hypertension and cancer are all clearly covered in the context of Measure 11. The claims on the ad are completely false."

"The pro-abortionists are not debating the law on its goal of ending abortion as a form of birth control. They know they will lose that debate with the people of South Dakota ," said Brandi Gruis with VoteYesForLife.com.  "They are not arguing that abortion should be used as a means of birth control because they know that the people of South Dakota want to end the use of abortion as birth control. As a result, they are attempting to confuse the voting public by picking out highly technical issues, and misrepresenting the facts concerning those issues, believing that the people won't know that they are not telling the truth. That practice is unethical and we are acting to bring it to an end," she said.

"The fact is, 97% of abortions being done in our state are done for no medical reason at all and many women are having repeat abortions. Measure 11 is designed to stop those abortions, while leaving very clear exceptions for rare cases of rape and incest and to protect the life and health of the mother," she said.   For more information, call 605.271.7581.