A Proven Pro-life Record
1877	The Dakota Territorial Legislature outlawed abortion as part of its penal code (22-17-1).
1899	The territorial law became state law when South Dakota become a sovereign state.
1972	South Dakota Right to Life is born.
1973	The US Supreme Court rulings of January 22 overturned South Dakota’s abortion statute.
Year	Bill No.	Sponsors	Description	House	Senate	Governor
1973	HCR 510	Barnett	The Legislature adopted a Resolution calling upon Congress to amend the Constitution with protection for the unborn.	motion prevailed, voice vote	30-4
	HB 820	Mrs. Linda Miller	Adopted a new abortion statute, incorporating restrictions on abortion as left to the states by Supreme Court limitations.	Various amendments, conference committee, passed		Kneip
1975	SB 272	Kelm & Hunking	Defeated a proposal to deny parents’ right to consent regarding family planning, including abortion.		5-30
1976	HB 690	McClure & Johnson	Defeated a harmful definition of death bill.	34-34
1977	HJR 503	Halverson & Barnett	Adopted a Resolution petitioning Congress to call a Constitutional Convention to amend the Constitution with a Human Life Amendment.	59-10	34-1
	HB 721	Halverson & Barnett	Amended the abortion statute requiring that infants born alive in the course of an abortion be given the same medical and health care as other infants.	68-0	32-0	Kneip
1978	HB 1276	Halverson & Barnett	Passed a law prohibiting expenditure of tax money from any source for, or in connection with, abortion.	58-11	32-2	Kneip
1979	SJR 2	Ripp & Clements	Adopted a Resolution rescinding South Dakota’s ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which would lock abortion into the Constitution.	43-27	18-17
1980	HCR 1031	Ripp & Barnett	Adopted a Resolution to Congress expressing dissatisfaction with the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling requiring states to fund abortion, and urging immediate hearing on a Human Life Amendment.	54-12	26-6
	SB 92	Frankenfeld & Lakness	Passed a law requiring a 24 hour waiting period prior to performance of an abortion.	52-15	28-6	Janklow
1981	HB 1232	Ripp & Barnett	Adopted “Wrongful Life” statute protecting parents, medical personnel and institutions from law suites based on their failure or refusal to participate in abortion.	55-13	31-4	Janklow
1982	HB 1325	Ripp & Barnett	Repealed a section of the South Dakota abortion statute.  The effect of the change would be to allow county and municipal hospitals to adopt policies prohibiting the performance of abortions at their facilities.	51-18	35-0	Janklow
1983	HB 1235	D. Peterson & Barnett	Secured a section of a statute excluding abortion from emergency medical procedures which may be performed on minors without parental consent.	61-5	34-0	Janklow
1984	HB 1327	McClure & Barnett	Amended the wrongful death statute to include the unborn child under the provisions of that statute.	56-4	34-0	Janklow
1985	HB 1134	T. Johnson & Timmer	Defeated a Living Will Bill Designed to allow the starvation of patients	32-30-7
1986	HB 1275	Andera & Timmer	Defeated a Living Will Bill.	27-42
1987	HB 1319	W. Hanson & Timmer	Defeated a Living Will Bill.	25-43
	SB 54	Glassgow & Wishard	Bill requiring parental consent for minors seeking abortions died in the House.   Do "not" pass - motion.	33-26	30-4
1988	SB 220	W. Hanson & Timmer	Defeated a Living Will Bill: Senate Health and Welfare Committee tabled 4-2.
	HB 1321	Kumm & Kellogg	Defeated a bill to make condom vending machines accessible to minors.  (Hoghoused)	34-33-1
1989	HB 1354	W. Hanson & Timmer	Defeated a Living Will Bill: House Judiciary Committee tabled 8-5.
	HB 1290	Kelley & Viken	Defeated a harmful Durable Power of Attorney (third party consent in health care decisions).  Senate Health and Welfare Committee tabled 5-1.	50-18
1991	SB 210	Taylor & Timmer	A harmful Living Will Bill passed the legislature.	41-28	24-9	Mickelson
	HB 1126	Belatti & Krautschen	A bill to prohibit abortions for birth control reasons passed the House of Representatives, but failed in the Senate by 1 vote.	52-18	18-17
1992	HB 1212	Johnson & Hunt	Supported a successful attempt to amend the requirements for moral instruction in schools to include the teaching of sexual abstinence.	43-26	20-15	Mickelson
1993	HB 1131	Lange & Hunt	Passed a law requiring parental notification before a minor undergoes an abortion, informed consent and a 24-hour reflection period.	52-17	19-16	Mickelson
	HB 1132	Lange & Hunt	Passed a law requesting the Department of Health to gather further statistics regarding maternal mortality and sexually transmitted diseases.	56-14	21-12	Mickelson
	HB 1133	Lange & Hunt	Passed a law prohibiting the use of tissue or organs harvested from aborted babies.	52-14	18-15	Mickelson
	SCR 5	Nelson & Nicolay	Defeated a resolution supporting a UN treaty that included abortion on demand.	34-34	23-12
1994	HB 1183	Nelson & Billion	Defeated a bill to permit physicians to provide certain treatments to minors without parental consent or notification.  Died in House Health & Human Service Committee 7-6.
1995	HB 1210	Hunt & Lange	Passed a law adding legal protection to unborn children from conception to birth from acts of violence outside of the abortion context. Also defined “person” in the state’s criminal statute to include the “unborn child.”	53-4	24-10	Hillard
1996			The US Supreme Court refused to revive an Eight Circuit Court decision that struck down South Dakota’s parental notification on the grounds that it laced a judicial bypass.
1997	HB 1087	Dunn & Hunt	Passed a new parental notification law with a judicial bypass.	62-5	32-1	Janklow
	HB 1088	Aker & Hunt	Passed a law banning partial-birth abortion.	63-4	33-0	Janklow
	SB 196	Lawler & Hunt	Passed a law adding tough new civil penalties to the existing criminal statute against assisted suicide.	58-4	35-0	Janklow
	HCR 1005	Lawler & Hunt	Passed a resolution urging the Board of Regents to make hospice care and pain management part of the core curriculum of the University of South Dakota Medical School and requesting the Dept of Health to educate the public about the availability of hospice care and pain management for terminally ill persons.	69-1	33-0
1998	HB 1161	Lawler & Hunt	Passed a law requiring the dignified disposition of aborted and miscarried babies at medical facilities.	62-4	34-0	Janklow
	HB 1162	Lawler & Hunt	Passed a law requiring the comprehensive reporting of abortions.	58-10	29-6	Janklow
	HB 1244	Lawler & Duenwald	Passed a law protecting pro-life pharmacists from having to dispense medications that would b used to cause an abortion or assist in a suicide.	57-10	30-3	Janklow
2000	SB 195	Lawler & Duenwald	Passed a law to prohibit certain acts (non-therapeutic research) in relation to human embryos.	52-14	35-0	Janklow
	HB 1282	Bogue & Klaudt	Passed a law prohibiting persons other than physicians from performing or inducing abortions.	61-4	25-9	Janklow
	HB 1171	Halverson & Hunt	Passed a law to define a fetus (the biological offspring, including the implanted embryo or unborn child, of human parents).	37-29	32-2	Janklow
2001	SB 92	Ham & T. Hennies	Passed the Baby Moses Law to provide for the care of certain abandoned children and for the termination of parental rights.	63-7	32-1	Janklow
2002	SCR 13	Greenfield & Glenski	Passed a resolution urging the United States Congress to pass, and the President of the United States to sign, legislation that completely bans human cloning.	63-4	32-1
	HCR 1012	L. Diedrich & Rhoden	Passed a resolution urging a reconsideration of the FDA's approval of mifepristone (RU-486), an investigation into the process followed in approving this drug, and a reassessment of the drug's safety.	54-15	33-1
2003	SB 172	Schoenbeck & Heineman	Passed a law requiring the Dept. of Health to create a web-site with abortion information.	68-1	33-0	Rounds
2004	SB 184	Schoenbeck & Miles	Passed a law banning all human cloning.	70-0	33-1	Rounds
	SB 54	DOH - Amendment by Rep Klaudt	Passed a law requiring the Dept. of Health to gather more info on abortions.  SDRTL added an amendment requiring abortionists to report statutory rape to authorities.	67-3	28-2	Rounds
	HB 1191	McCaulley & Schoenbeck	Veto of a bill that tried to ban abortions in SD with health exception. Direct challenge to Roe v. Wade.	54-14, 52-16	19-15, 17-18
	SB 187	Duenwald &  Kraus	Introduced a bill to prevent starvation & dehydration of the disabled.  Died in Senate Judiciary Committee 6-1.