Fake Science Wins in Extremely Troubling South Dakota Abortion Ruling [View all]
Katie J.M. Baker
Today, the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals decided that South Dakota has the right to order doctors to tell women seeking abortions that they're likelier to kill themselves if they go through with the procedure, even though that's a blatant lie.
The controversial provision is part of a larger law that was introduced in 2005 and might as well be called, "Everything You Need to Know About Abortion, According to People Who Aren't Medical Professionals But Love Obsessing Over Your Fetus." It requires doctors to let women know that they have "an existing relationship with the unborn human being under the law" and that "an abortion will terminate the life of a human being." So helpful, given as most women seeking abortions have absolutely no idea what the medical procedure ultimately entails. They thought they were just going to get some frozen yogurt!
But the most troubling part of the law is the part that refers to suicide advisory, which is why Planned Parenthood has been fighting it for the past few years. As the AP reports:
The four dissenting judges said multiple studies cited failed to take into account factors such as pre-existing mental health issues, domestic violence and a young age at the time of pregnancy.
"The most reliable evidence in the record shows that abortion does not have a causal relationship to the risk of suicide and that South Dakota's mandated advisory is not truthful, but actually misleading," Circuit Judge Diana Murphy wrote for the dissenting side.
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