The Legislature finds that the physicians, agents, and employees performing or assisting in the performance of abortions at the Planned Parenthood facility in Sioux Falls, South Dakota provide pregnant mothers written disclosures that include the statement:

“Politicians in the State of South Dakota require us to tell you that, as a matter of biology, the abortion will end a developing, living organism (an “embryo” or a “fetus”) of the human species (“Homo sapiens”) that has a complete, separate genetic makeup that is unique to that embryo or fetus.”

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 34-23A-79

  • written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 2018, ch 205, § 6.