2016 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 34 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 23A - Performance Of Abortions
§ 34-23A-67 Legislative findings as to unborn child capable of experiencing pain.
34-23A-67. Legislative findings as to unborn child capable of experiencing pain. The Legislature finds that:
(1) The state has a compelling state interest in protecting the lives of unborn children from the stage at which substantial medical evidence indicates that they are capable of feeling pain;
(2) There is substantial medical evidence that an unborn child is capable of experiencing pain by twenty weeks after fertilization.
Source: SL 2016, ch 180, ยง 1.
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