WOMEN SEEKING ABORTIONS IN SOUTH DAKOTA TO GET ANTI-ABORTION ADVICE:

A new law was passed that women who are seeking abortions, must attend a consultation at a pregnancy help centers.  The goal of a pregnancy help center is to encourage women to carry their babies to full term.  These help centers advertise free pregnancy tests, information about abortion, and testing for sexually transmitted diseases.  This law requires women to attend these consultations but also set a waiting period.  Women must wait three days after the consultation before they can have the procedure.  It makes exceptions for medical emergencies but not for rape or incest.  The goal of this law is to reduce the number of abortions by providing other alternatives.  However, women at these shelters often provide misinformation and quote scripture to persuade these womens' decisions.  These shelter employees are not licensed or accredited, and coerce these decisions.