SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - A hearing is scheduled Monday afternoon
on a request to suspend a new South Dakota abortion law while it's
being challenged in federal court.
Planned Parenthood is suing the state over a law set to take
effect Friday. It would require women seeking abortions to face a
three-day waiting period and to undergo counseling at pregnancy
help centers that discourage abortion.
Planned Parenthood wants a judge to issue a preliminary
injunction to keep the law from taking effect while the lawsuit
goes forward.
The lawsuit says the law violates a woman's constitutional right
to abortion established under the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling.
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AP-NY-06-27-11 1023EDT
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