<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--Penalty.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s3c8b8fbc3c5142548cfd361c0f6fd4b3Normal { 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.s3c8b8fbc3c5142548cfd361c0f6fd4b3SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3c8b8fbc3c5142548cfd361c0f6fd4b3CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s3c8b8fbc3c5142548cfd361c0f6fd4b3Statute { 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.s3c8b8fbc3c5142548cfd361c0f6fd4b3DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3c8b8fbc3c5142548cfd361c0f6fd4b3000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s3c8b8fbc3c5142548cfd361c0f6fd4b3NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; 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.s3c8b8fbc3c5142548cfd361c0f6fd4b3DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3c8b8fbc3c5142548cfd361c0f6fd4b3SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; 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--Penalty."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 22-17-5.1 - Procurement of abortion prohibited--Exception--Penalty."><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="s3c8b8fbc3c5142548cfd361c0f6fd4b3Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-17-5.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s3c8b8fbc3c5142548cfd361c0f6fd4b3SENU">22-17-5.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3c8b8fbc3c5142548cfd361c0f6fd4b3SENU">. </span><span class="s3c8b8fbc3c5142548cfd361c0f6fd4b3CL">Procurement of abortion prohibited--Exception--Penalty.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3c8b8fbc3c5142548cfd361c0f6fd4b3Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3c8b8fbc3c5142548cfd361c0f6fd4b3DefaultParagraphFont">Any person who administers to any person or who prescribes or procures for any person any medicine, drug, or substance or uses or employs any instrument or other means with intent thereby to procure an abortion, as defined in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-23A-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s3c8b8fbc3c5142548cfd361c0f6fd4b3DefaultParagraphFont">34-23A-1</span></a><span class="s3c8b8fbc3c5142548cfd361c0f6fd4b3DefaultParagraphFont">, 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="s3c8b8fbc3c5142548cfd361c0f6fd4b3Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3c8b8fbc3c5142548cfd361c0f6fd4b3000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3c8b8fbc3c5142548cfd361c0f6fd4b3NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3c8b8fbc3c5142548cfd361c0f6fd4b3DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s3c8b8fbc3c5142548cfd361c0f6fd4b3SCL">SL 2005, ch 187, § 6; SL 2026, ch 99, § 1; SL 2026, ch 100, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>