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S.D. Codified Laws § 34-23A-67

Legislative findings as to unborn child capable of experiencing pain

Source: SL 2016, ch 180, § 1.

The Legislature finds that:

(1) The state has a compelling state interest in protecting the lives of unborn children from the stage at which substantial medical evidence indicates that they are capable of feeling pain;

(2) There is substantial medical evidence that an unborn child is capable of experiencing pain by twenty weeks after fertilization.

Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.