SD taxpayers' legal bill for abortion law: $377K - KOTA Territory News

SD taxpayers' legal bill for abortion law: $377K

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) _ South Dakota taxpayers paid almost $380,000 to defend an anti-abortion law that was upheld by a federal appeals court this week.

The amount is much less than some opponents of the law predicted when the South Dakota Legislature approved the so-called ``informed consent'' law seven years ago.

At the time, estimates of the cost of defending the law ran to $1 million or more.

The law says a doctor must tell a woman who's seeking an abortion that she could be putting herself at greater risk for suicide.

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley's office says taxpayers paid more than $377,000 defending the law. 

The Sioux Falls Argus Leader reports that some private contributors also helped pay the bill.

 

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