Forum News Service reported that four of the bills will require abortionists to give women the chance to see a sonogram of their baby and listen to his or her heartbeat, make it a Class B felony to cause an abortion against a mother's will, impose reporting requirements on abortions, and create a standardized abortion consent form. A fifth bill requires parental consent before orders to withhold resuscitation can be used on minors.

"A strong and growing body of medical research provides evidence that unborn babies can feel, think, and recognize sounds in the womb. These are people. They must be given the same basic dignities as anyone else," Noem said. "Our work isn't done until abortion is eliminated completely, but this is a step forward for life."

South Dakota Right to Life executive director Dale Bartscher thanked the governor "for her tireless devotion to pregnant mothers and their preborn children."

Sarah Stoesz, CEO of Planned Parenthood North Central States (PPNCS), shot back that South Dakota "has already squandered hundreds of thousands of dollars in litigation fees fighting for medically unnecessary abortion restrictions," and claimed the new laws are "based on medically inaccurate information and contrary to the recommendations of health care professionals." PPNCS runs South Dakota's only abortion facility.

Pro-lifers support and abortion activists oppose ultrasound requirements for their ability to convey the humanity of preborn babies and dissuade women from abortion. Evidence suggests such hopes and fears are well founded.

Pro-life group Save the Storks says four out of five pregnant women who see one of their free ultrasounds ultimately choose life. The similar ICU Mobile says its ultrasounds have convinced 56 percent of women who had already decided on abortion to change their minds, and 87 percent of those who were undecided to choose life. In addition, a 2011 by Quinnipiac University's Mark Gius concluded that "ultrasound laws had a very significant and negative effect on the abortion decision."

These new laws join a variety of pro-life measures on the books in South Dakota, including a requirement that women be informed about abortion pill reversal, a ban on abortion at 20 weeks, and a trigger law that will automatically criminalize abortion once Roe v. Wade is overturned. Legislation to ban abortion once a fetal heartbeat can be detected is also currently before the legislature. Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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