<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 22-17-5.1 - Procurement of abortion prohibited--Exception to preserve life of pregnant female--Felony.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sead28b2d787c438eaf3992815ec86488Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.sead28b2d787c438eaf3992815ec86488SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sead28b2d787c438eaf3992815ec86488CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sead28b2d787c438eaf3992815ec86488Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.sead28b2d787c438eaf3992815ec86488DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sead28b2d787c438eaf3992815ec86488000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sead28b2d787c438eaf3992815ec86488SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sead28b2d787c438eaf3992815ec86488SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sead28b2d787c438eaf3992815ec86488DefaultParagraphFont-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sead28b2d787c438eaf3992815ec86488DefaultParagraphFont-000004 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 22-17-5.1 - Procurement of abortion prohibited--Exception to preserve life of pregnant female--Felony."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 22-17-5.1 - Procurement of abortion prohibited--Exception to preserve life of pregnant female--Felony."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/22-17-5.1"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sead28b2d787c438eaf3992815ec86488Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-17-5.1" rel="noopener"><span class="sead28b2d787c438eaf3992815ec86488SENU">22-17-5.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sead28b2d787c438eaf3992815ec86488SENU">. </span><span class="sead28b2d787c438eaf3992815ec86488CL">Procurement of abortion prohibited--Exception to preserve life of pregnant female--Felony.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sead28b2d787c438eaf3992815ec86488Normal-000000"><span class="sead28b2d787c438eaf3992815ec86488DefaultParagraphFont">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.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sead28b2d787c438eaf3992815ec86488Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sead28b2d787c438eaf3992815ec86488000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sead28b2d787c438eaf3992815ec86488Normal"><span class="sead28b2d787c438eaf3992815ec86488SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sead28b2d787c438eaf3992815ec86488SCL-000002"> SL 2005, ch 187, § 6.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sead28b2d787c438eaf3992815ec86488Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sead28b2d787c438eaf3992815ec86488000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sead28b2d787c438eaf3992815ec86488Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sead28b2d787c438eaf3992815ec86488DefaultParagraphFont-000003">Commission Note: </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sead28b2d787c438eaf3992815ec86488DefaultParagraphFont">This section was made effective by the United States Supreme Court's decision in </span><span class="sead28b2d787c438eaf3992815ec86488DefaultParagraphFont-000004">Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization</span><span class="sead28b2d787c438eaf3992815ec86488DefaultParagraphFont">, 142 S. Ct. 2228 (2022), pursuant to SL 2005, ch 187 § 6. Section 7 of SL 2005, ch 187, as amended by SL 2005, ch 188 § 1, provides: "This Act is effective on the date that the states are recognized by the United States Supreme Court to have the authority to prohibit abortions at all stages of pregnancy."</span></p></div></body></html>