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.
The woman's response to the offer shall be documented by the facility, including the date and time
of the offer and the woman's signature attesting to her informed decision.
Section 2.
That
§
34-23A-37
be amended to read as follows:
34-23A-37.
The Department of Health shall prepare a reporting form for physicians which shall
provide for the collection of the following information:
(1)
The number of females to whom the physician provided the information described in
subdivision 34-23A-10.1(1); of that number, the number provided by telephone and the
number provided in person; and of each of those numbers, the number provided in the
capacity of a referring physician and the number provided in the capacity of a physician
who is to perform the abortion;
(2)
The number of females to whom the physician provided the information described in
subdivision 34-23A-10.1(2); of that number, the number provided by telephone and the
number provided in person; of each of those numbers, the number provided in the
capacity of a referring physician and the number provided in the capacity of a physician
who is to perform the abortion; and of each of those numbers, the number provided by the
physician and the number provided by an agent of the physician;
(3)
The number of females who availed themselves of the opportunity to obtain a copy of the
printed information described in § 34-23A-10.3, and the number who did not; and of each
of those numbers, the number who, to the best of the reporting physician's information
and belief, went on to obtain the abortion;
(3A) The number of females who availed themselves of the opportunity to view a sonogram
of her unborn child pursuant to section 1 of this Act, and the number who did not; and of
each of those numbers, the number who, to the best of the reporting physician's
information and belief, went on to obtain the abortion;
(4)
The number of abortions performed by the physician in which information otherwise
required to be provided at least twenty-four hours before the abortion was not provided
because an immediate abortion was necessary to avert the female's death, and the number
of abortions in which such information was not so provided because a delay would create
serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function;
(5)
The name of hospital or physician office;
(6)
The date of report by month, day, and year; and
(7)
A unique patient number that can be used to link the report to medical report for
inspection, clarification, and correction purposes but that cannot, of itself, reasonably lead
to the identification of any person obtaining an abortion.
An Act to require abortion facilities to offer sonograms to pregnant women under certain
circumstances.
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I certify that the attached
Act
originated in the
SENATE as
Bill
No.
88
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Secretary of the Senate
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President of the Senate
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Secretary of the Senate
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Speaker of the House
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Chief Clerk
Senate
Bill
No.
88
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Received at this Executive Office
this _____ day of _____________ ,
20____ at ____________ M.
By _________________________
for the Governor
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The attached Act is hereby
approved this ________ day of
______________ , A.D., 20___
____________________________
Governor
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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
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