State of South Dakota  
EIGHTY-SECOND SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY,  2007  

691N0756  
HOUSE BILL   NO.     1296  

Introduced by:     Representatives Hunt, Glenski, Heineman, Howie, Jerke, Koistinen, Miles, Noem, Novstrup (Al), Novstrup (David), Steele, Van Etten, and Weems and Senators McNenny, Abdallah, Duenwald, Greenfield, and Hunhoff  


         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 which 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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