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By Dave Andrusko South Dakota has introduced the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act which bans abortions on babies capable of experiencing pain. As reported here, the Kansas state Court of Appeals tied 7-7 in its review of a lower court decision, meaning a...
Over a two-thirds decline since 1982 By Dave Andrusko As far as I can tell, only two television stations reported on the very encouraging news that in 2014, South Dakota recorded its fewest abortions since the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. If you go the website of the...
WASHINGTON – The National Right to Life Committee, the oldest and largest pro-life group in the nation, today endorsed Governor Mike Rounds in his campaign for United States Senate. The strong pro-life position held by Gov. Rounds stands in sharp contrast with...
By Dave Andrusko My apologies. We’ve written three separate stories about how South Dakota’s proposed ban on sex selection abortion had wended its way through the legislative process (see, most recently, nrlc.cc/1hwyinX) and then I managed to miss that after HB...
By Dave Andrusko After a false start earlier this week, the South Dakota Senate Health and Human Services Committee voted 5-2 today to pass out to the floor a bill to ban sex-selection abortions. This version of HB 1162 was slightly amended from the language...
By Dave Andrusko By an overwhelming 60-10 margin, the South Dakota House of Representatives yesterday approved a bill to prohibit abortions sought because of a baby’s gender. HB 1162 now moves to the state Senate for further action. The action comes less than a...
By Dave Andrusko In a prelude to what is expected to be approval by the full House, South Dakota’s House Judiciary Committee today voted 9-3 to approve HB 1162 which would ban sex-selection abortions. As South Dakota Right to Life explained on its Facebook...
By Dave Andrusko A bill that would modify and strengthen South Dakota’s 2011 informed consent law arrives this week on Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s desk. The measure passed the State Senate Thursday 24-9 after passage in the House last week. Currently, under HB 1217, there...
By Dave Andrusko In what amounts to the final, complete vindication of a 2005 South Dakota law, the full 8th Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday upheld that portion of H.B. 1166 which requires abortionists to advise women seeking abortions that they face an increased...
By Kathy Ostrowski, Legislative Director, Kansans for Life South Dakota scored a win Friday when a three-member appeals court panel ruled that abortion-seeking women must be informed they have a legally protected “existing relationship” with their unborn child....