Group Seeks Injunction on SD Abortion Law

     SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Planned Parenthood on Monday asked a
federal judge for a preliminary injunction to prevent a new South
Dakota abortion law from taking effect while it's being challenged
in court.
     The judge will issue a ruling later.
     The law, which would take effect Friday, requires women seeking
abortions to face a three-day waiting period and undergo counseling
at pregnancy help centers that discourage abortion.
     The lawsuit says the law violates a woman's constitutional right
to abortion established under the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling.
     Supporters of the measure say the Planned Parenthood clinic in
Sioux Falls gives women little information or counseling before
they undergo abortions. They say the bill would help make sure
women are not being coerced into abortions by boyfriends or
relatives.