If a medical emergency compels the performance of an abortion, the physician shall inform the female, prior to the abortion if possible, of the medical indications supporting his judgment that an abortion is necessary to avert her death or that a delay will create serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function.
S.D. Codified Laws § 34-23A-2.1
Physician to inform in case of medical emergency
Source: SL 1993, ch 249, § 6.
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