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Thursday, 02 February 2012 11:18 |
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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ A South Dakota House committee has rejected
a measure that sought to bar false advertising by pregnancy help
centers that discourage abortions.
The Health and Human Services Committee voted unanimously to
kill the bill after first changing it to apply only to abortion
clinics.
Lawmakers say South Dakota already has laws prohibiting false
advertising, so there is no need for specific laws to apply to
either abortion clinics or the centers that discourage abortion.
Supporters of the original bill say some pregnancy help centers
claim to provide information about abortion, but only discourage
women from getting abortions. Officials from the centers say are
truthful in their ads.
A law passed by the Legislature last year would require women
seeking abortions to first get counseling at the pregnancy help
centers.
(Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) |
