amend the definition of an abortion.

Summary

HB 1257 changes South Dakota’s legal definition of abortion to include only intentional termination of a pregnancy using drugs, devices or procedures, and excludes medical care for miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, or to save the unborn child’s health. It makes performing an abortion a Class 6 felony unless a physician judges it necessary to prevent the pregnant woman’s death from a physical condition, and requires the procedure to be done in a licensed hospital by a licensed doctor with reporting to the health department. The bill also creates felony penalties for harming a fetus by injuring the mother and for threatening a pregnant woman to force an abortion.

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