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Wednesday, 22 February 2012 11:28 |
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With South Dakota's year-old abortion law tied up in a court challenge, a state Senate committee has endorsed
a bill that would change some of the counseling requirements for
women seeking an abortion.
The bill leaves intact the current law's requirements that women seeking abortions wait 72 hours and undergo counseling at pregnancy help centers that discourage abortions. But it changes provisions dealing with a woman's first consultation with a doctor at an abortion clinic and requires that counselors at the pregnancy help
centers be licensed.
South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has said the bill could help address some of the concerns expressed by the federal judge handling the court challenge.
The Senate Health Committee voted 6-1 to send the measure to the full Senate for further debate.
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