South Dakota abortion ban bill [SD] News
South Dakota abortion ban bill [SD]

HB 1215, State of South Dakota, passed by the South Dakota House of Representatives February 24, 2006 [bill that would ban nearly all abortions in South Dakota]. Excerpt:

No person may knowingly administer to, prescribe for, or procure for, or sell to any pregnant woman any medicine, drug, or other substance with the specific intent of causing or abetting the termination of the life of an unborn human being. No person may knowingly use or employ any instrument or procedure upon a pregnant woman with the specific intent of causing or abetting the termination of the life of an unborn human being.

Read the full text of the bill. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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