MyLRC +
HB 1249 prohibit the performance of abortions, except to...

        
AN ACT

        ENTITLED, An Act to  prohibit the performance of abortions, except to save the life of the mother, and to provide a penalty therefor and to provide for a delayed effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
     Section  1.  That § 34-23A-2 be repealed.
     Section  2.  That § 34-23A-3 be repealed.
     Section  3.  That § 34-23A-4 be repealed.
     Section  4.  That § 34-23A-5 be repealed.
     Section  5.  That § 22-17-5 be repealed.
     Section  6.  That chapter 22-17 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:
     Any person who administers to any pregnant female or who prescribes or procures for any pregnant female any medicine, drug, or substance or uses or employs any instrument or other means with intent thereby to procure an abortion, unless there is appropriate and reasonable medical judgment that performance of an abortion is necessary to preserve the life of the pregnant female, is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
     Section  7.  This Act is effective on the date that the states are recognized by the United States Supreme Court to have the authority to regulate or prohibit abortion at all stages of pregnancy.
An Act to prohibit the performance of abortions, except to save the life of the mother, and to provide a penalty therefor and to provide for a delayed effective date.

=========================
I certify that the attached Act originated in the

HOUSE as Bill No. 1249

____________________________
Chief Clerk
=========================     

____________________________
Speaker of the House

Attest:

____________________________
Chief Clerk

____________________________
President of the Senate

Attest:

____________________________
Secretary of the Senate

House Bill No. 1249
File No. ____
Chapter No. ______     =========================
Received at this Executive Office this _____ day of _____________ ,

20____ at ____________ M.


By _________________________
for the Governor
=========================

The attached Act is hereby approved this ________ day of ______________ , A.D., 20___

____________________________
Governor
=========================
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,
ss.
Office of the Secretary of State

Filed ____________ , 20___
at _________ o'clock __ M.

____________________________
Secretary of State

By _________________________
Asst. Secretary of State