Committee defers bill criminalizing abortion in South Dakota
KOTA TERRITORY NEWS
The South Dakota House Committee of Health & Human Services voted nine to four to defer House Bill 1212 to the 41st day of the legislative session Thursday, effectively killing it. If passed, the bill would have criminalized abortion, allowing women aborting their unborn children to be held criminally liable.
“While our pro-life laws were fully in effect, a total of 768 South Dakota babies were murdered by abortion,” State Representative Tony Randolph said, arguing in favor of the bill. ”That is not a small increase. That is a 17% increase of abortions in South Dakota babies after our pro-life laws went into effect.”