Ellee Spawn, Democratic Candidate for Congress, was proud to work across the aisle with Stace Nelson (R) to draft Senate Bill 143. This Bill, which is "an Act to revise visitation rights of a person causing conception by rape or incest," reads:

"There shall be a rebuttable presumption that it is not in the best interest of the child for the court to place the child in the custody of or to grant visitation rights to a person that the court has found by a standard of clear and convincing evidence to have committed any act of nonconsensual sexual conduct, including any act of incest, against the other parent that resulted in the conception of the child. The court may revoke visitation rights upon such a finding."

This Bill protects survivors of sexual assault by denying the perpetrator any parental rights to any conception that occurs because of the act of violence. Ellee Spawn strongly supports this legislation because it protects the rights of survivors, and asks you to stand up for survivors of sexual assault and support it, as well.

This petition will be sent to the members of South Dakota's Legislative Assembly to show support of the Bill.

Learn more about Ellee Spawn and her campaign here: https://www.facebook.com/elleespawn/