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The language of HB 1171 has been changed. The new version (old version here ): 1 FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to provide that the use of force by a pregnant woman for 2 the protection of her unborn child is an affirmative defense to prosecutions for certain 3 crimes. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: 5 Section 1. It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution for homicide as defined in § 22-16-1 6 or assault as defined in § 22-18-1 or 22-18-1.1 that the defendant is a pregnant woman who used 7 force or deadly force against another to protect her unborn child if: 8 (1) Under the circumstances as the pregnant woman reasonably believes them to be, she 9 would be justified under § 22-16-35 in using force or deadly force to protect herself 10 against the unlawful force or unlawful deadly force she reasonably believes to be 11 threatening her unborn child; and 12 (2) She reasonably believes that her intervention and use of force or deadly force are 13 immediate...

A question for the voters of South Dakota: Did you change your state's motto to "Legalizing Domestic Terrorism and Proud of It" while the rest of the country wasn't looking? And now bask in the glory that is State Representative Phil Jensen and his grotesque lies and disturbed fantasies (really bad form emphasis mine): I just had a spirited conversation with the bill's chief sponsor, State Representative Phil Jensen, and he defended the bill, arguing that it would not legalize the killing of abortion doctors. "It would if abortion was illegal," he told me. " This code only deals with illegal acts . Abortion is legal in this country. This has nothing to do with abortion." HB 1171 : FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to expand the definition of justifiable homicide to provide for the protection of certain unborn children. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: Section 1. That § 22-16-34 be amended to read as follows: 22-16-34. ...