SD House approves abortion-law modifications
PIERRE (AP) — The South Dakota House has approved a measure that would change some provisions of a year-old abortion law that requires women seeking abortions to first get counseling at pregnancy help centers that discourage abortions.
PIERRE (AP) — The South Dakota House has approved a measure that would change some provisions of a year-old abortion law that requires women seeking abortions to first get counseling at pregnancy help centers that discourage abortions.
The law passed a year ago requires women to wait 72 hours and undergo counseling at pregnancy help centers before getting abortions.
But Planned Parenthood has filed a lawsuit that argues the law is an unconstitutional burden on a woman's right to an abortion, and a federal judge has suspended most of that law from taking effect until the court challenge is decided.
The House voted 56-12 Monday to pass a bill that specifies exactly what an abortion clinic doctor must discuss with a woman and requires that counselors at pregnancy help centers be licensed.
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