South Dakota's invasive tactic at coercing women to carrying out pregnancies

Planned Parenthood is facing many battles as I've documented in many posts since I began my blog. As of yesterday, South Dakota PP is fighting a battle to stop the mandatory 'counseling' and 72 hour wait period for women to access abortion services.

According to PP's South Dakota website, these crisis pregnancy centers are unaccredited, unlicensed, and unregulated which would undoubtedly make the 'counseling' given by the staff pretty invalid and merely a platform for them to express their ideological viewpoints, and guilt women into keeping unwanted pregnancies.

Clearly stated:

“The people of South Dakota twice have told their legislators at the ballot box that they don’t want politicians intruding in personal medical decisions,” said Sarah Stoesz, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota. “But lawmakers persist in creating these costly and divisive distractions. Their actions show complete contempt for voters’ wishes, not to mention women’s ability to make their own personal medical decisions.”

In addition:

"South Dakota’s abortion regulations already are the most burdensome in the country. The state has a 24-hour mandatory delay in place. In addition, a woman must be offered the opportunity to view a sonogram, and her responses must be recorded as part of her permanent medical records. And she must receive a government-dictated message from her doctor that is designed to intimidate and dissuade her."

If you are just beginning to read my blog, here is the first post that briefly describes the purpose.