South Dakota ‘Preborn Infant Beheading Ban’ Amended to Personhood Resolution (HB 1230)

HB 1230, as amended, would recognize the sanctity of human life.

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Passed the House on February 19, 2015 by a vote of 65-3. Tabled by Senate Health and Human Services Committee.

HB 1230 originally was the Preborn Infant Beheading Ban, a law which targeted dilation and evacuation, a procedure frequently used during second-trimester abortions. On February 19, 2015, it was extensively amended (hoghoused) and became, essentially, a resolution recognizing the sanctity of human life.  Bizarrely, the “bill” does not say when life begins or offer any definitions.

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