State of South Dakota  
EIGHTY-THIRD SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2008  

166P0443   HOUSE BILL   NO.   1193  

Introduced by:     Representatives Hunt, Brunner, Deadrick, Dykstra, Gassman, Glenski, Heineman, Howie, Jerke, Krebs, Miles, Noem, Novstrup (Al), Novstrup (David), Olson (Betty), Rave, Rhoden, Rounds, Steele, Van Etten, Weems, Wick, and Willadsen and Senators Duenwald, Abdallah, Gant, Hunhoff, Kloucek, McNenny, Schmidt (Dennis), and Smidt (Orville)
 

         FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  require abortion facilities to offer sonograms to pregnant women under certain circumstances.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
     Section 1.  No facility that performs abortions may perform an abortion on a pregnant woman without first offering the pregnant woman an opportunity to view a sonogram of her unborn child. If the woman declines the offer, the declination shall be documented by the facility including the date and time of the offer, the date and time of the declination, and the woman's signature attesting to her informed declination.

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