Last Abortion Clinic in South Dakota Closes after Law Requires Patients be Informed o

Provisions of the Informed Consent Statute are listed below.

(1) A statement in writing providing the following information:
(a) The name of the physician who will perform the abortion;
(b) That the abortion will terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique, living human being;
(c) That the pregnant woman has an existing relationship with that unborn human being and that the relationship enjoys protection under the United States Constitution and under the laws of South Dakota;
(d) That by having an abortion, her existing relationship and her existing constitutional rights with regards to that relationship will be terminated;
(e) A description of all known medical risks of the procedure and statistically significant risk factors to which the pregnant woman would be subjected, including:
(i) Depression and related psychological distress;
(ii) Increased risk of suicide ideation and suicide;

(2) A statement by telephone or in person, by the physician who is to perform the abortion, or by the referring physician, or by an agent of both, at least twenty-four hours before the abortion, providing the following information:
(a) That medical assistance benefits may be available for prenatal care, childbirth, and neonatal care;
(b) That the father of the unborn child is legally responsible to provide financial support for her child following birth, and that this legal obligation of the father exists in all instances, even in instances in which the father has offered to pay for the abortion.

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All that will do is drive those who want to have an abortion into the back alley to the local "butcher" who isn't qualified to treat a hang nail.

 

I see. Kind of like "when guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns...."

 

Call me callous, but I'm not going to endorse the murder of children just to avoid some potentially negative consequences.

 

Great news! Thanks for the post

 

I love this logic. So tell me, should the fact that I may choose to take a knife and cut your throat in a back alley be justification to take you to the vet and have you euthanized?

 

I was curious. Interesting that S Dak has the highest enforcement record.

Child Support Statistics
State Number of Children
Total Amount of Child Support Due
Collection Rate
ALABAMA
225,301 $2,612,836,246.00 51%
ALASKA
48,250 $637,873,857.00 72%
ARIZONA
257,292 $2,028,946,447.00 45%
ARKANSAS
137,331 $756,593,203.00 62%
CALIFORNIA
1,914,459 $19,961,004,872.00 44%
COLORADO
150,915 $1,210,620,337.00 39%
CONNECTICUT
198,560 $1,664,267,867.00 42%
DELAWARE
62,192 $267,347,348.00 50%
DIST. OF COL.
86,968 $398,933,973.00 22%
FLORIDA
826,337 $4,842,733,033.00 60%
GEORGIA
458,243 $3,344,036,875.00 44%
GUAM
17,321 $99,122,916.00 62%
HAWAII
100,361 $601,822,446.00 22%
IDAHO
110,541 $464,002,018.00 50%
ILLINOIS
680,763 $2,953,171,993.00 36%
INDIANA
366,727 $3,936,990,320.00 48%
IOWA
176,940 $1,077,214,474.00 76%
KANSAS
142,908 $628,506,693.00 53%
KENTUCKY
325,470 $1,505,192,821.00 47%
LOUISIANA
307,871 $1,095,875,055.00 47%
MAINE
91,123 $466,641,142.00 61%
MARYLAND
273,326 $1,593,391,469.00 55%
MASSACHUSETTS
280,122 $2,286,114,664.00 43%
MICHIGAN
1,043,642 $9,217,731,558.00 41%
MINNESOTA
275,082 $1,597,434,557.00 64%
MISSISSIPPI
348,764 $847,562,158.00 38%
MISSOURI
378,455 $2,159,968,113.00 48%
MONTANA
41,022 $201,724,943.00 69%
NEBRASKA
116,221 $646,228,741.00 61%
NEVADA
131,790 $1,006,912,751.00 42%
NEW HAMPSHIRE
43,565 $201,629,008.00 70%
NEW JERSEY
356,179 $2,585,435,768.00 64%
NEW MEXICO
75,184 $690,906,537.00 45%
NEW YORK
1,006,467 $4,189,175,142.00 51%
NORTH CAROLINA
429,909 $1,822,008,796.00 66%
NORTH DAKOTA
35,564 $179,542,423.00 67%
OHIO
1,012,971 $4,450,281,702.00 57%
OKLAHOMA
180,344 $1,556,022,470.00 50%
OREGON
273,582 $1,284,173,552.00 46%
PENNSYLVANIA
736,201 $2,214,681,922.00 76%
PUERTO RICO
275,106 $1,056,799,937.00 45%
RHODE ISLAND
67,442 $200,003,209.00 35%
SOUTH CAROLINA
247,560 $1,324,240,326.00 44%
SOUTH DAKOTA
33,045 $145,142,606.00 83%
TENNESSEE
384,465 $2,082,256,791.00 47%
TEXAS
1,109,955 $8,936,337,402.00 68%
UTAH
97,472 $353,001,835.00 77%
VERMONT
26,339 $106,251,313.00 75%
VIRGIN ISLANDS
11,140 $56,174,454.00 34%
VIRGINIA
353,072 $2,230,257,499.00 61%
WASHINGTON
356,533 $2,049,755,291.00 72%
WEST VIRGINIA
114,793 $817,822,776.00 58%
WISCONSIN
345,815 $2,278,481,662.00 67%
WYOMING
26,286 $215,186,571.00 72%
TOTALS
17,173,286 $111,136,371,882.00 53%
Net Undistributed Collections (UDC), FY 2005