Planned Parenthood challenges South Dakota abortion law

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http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1300&dept_id=156931&newsid=14647888&PAG=461&rfi=9

A federal judge has been asked to strike down a new South Dakota abortion law that Planned Parenthood contends would force doctors to give false information to women seeking abortions. A lawsuit challenging the law, which is slated to take effect July 1, was filed Monday in federal court in Sioux Falls, Kate Looby, director of Planned Parenthood in Sioux Falls, said late Monday morning.

The law should be blocked because it would force doctors to read to women seeking abortions state-scripted information that is medically inaccurate and is infused with ideology, Looby said. ''Politicians can't force doctors to tell patients things that aren't true. That's bad medicine,'' Looby said Monday. ''Just because politicians believe something is true doesn't make it so.''

Mark Johnston, press secretary to Republican Gov. Mike Rounds, said the governor's office does not routinely comment on pending litigation. South Dakota Attorney General Larry Long was traveling Monday and unavailable to comment. Assistant Attorney General John Guhin said the office, which has the responsibility of defending laws passed by the Legislature, cannot comment until it receives the lawsuit and can study it.

The informed-consent measure was one of four abortion laws passed by the 2005 South Dakota Legislature. State law already requires women to give their voluntary and informed consent before getting abortions. The new law would require doctors to give women more information before they sign consent forms. The measure requires doctors to inform a woman in writing at least two hours before an abortion is performed that the procedure ends the life of a human and terminates the constitutional relationship a woman has with her unborn child. It also requires doctors to tell women about the medical risks of abortion, including a statement that it could cause an increased risk of suicide. Legislators said the measure will ensure that women seeking abortions fully understand what they are doing.

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1. Recommended and kicked n/t

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[damntexdem]

2. Here's what I'm legally obligated to read to you --

but ignore it because it's a lie.

[upsidedownaussie]

5. amen../

It's sad when the state-mandated "information" you get inside the clinic is only marginally more accurate than the drivel that gets handed to you walking in.

[upsidedownaussie]

3. not just in SD

Here in Texas Planned Parenthood has to, by law, give patients a pamphlet riddled with innacurate information, including the now discredited link between abortion and breast cancer.

Todays ideology-trumps-science story brought to you by the good folks at religous-zealots-R-us.

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4. welcome to DU!!!!

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[SusanF_CA]

6. this is really sad

My mom was a nurse and when I was growing up she always tell me to come to her if I had questions about sex or issues etc. because she was afraid of me getting inaccurate (ie. stupid) information from friends and such. You know what I'm talking about--you can get pregnant by kissing, you can't get pregnant the first time-stuff like that. We never officially had 'the talk', but we did talk about stuff. I never messed around in high school and I truly believe alot of what kept me 'inactive' was knowing what caused what and why etc. So, now kids and adults have to worry about 'misinformation" or as I like to call 'em LIES from so called educated health professionals...freaking GREAT!

[Eloriel]

7. Constitutional relationship with her unborn child?

Huh?

I don't remember studying anything about that in Civics 101. Or does that mean, whether I want a child or not, any fetus IS a drag on MY constitution?

These people are just plain nuts.

[Maat]

10. And, do you know, they didn't cover that ..

in my 4 years of law school either.

What crud!!!

[Megahurtz]

11. The "Constitutional Relationship" clause

sounds like it may be a step in the direction of changing the laws, so that they can charge the woman having the abortion, with murder.
It would not surprize me.

[upsidedownaussie]

8. Seriously though...

If anyone has any spare time, you might consider going down to your local planned parenthood and volunteering. They really need it, you'll have a great time and odds-are you'll make some kickass new friends.

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9. kick

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