The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, in a 7-4 decision, will allow South Dakota to begin enforcing a 2005 state law that requires  abortion providers to tell women, in writing, that the abortion procedure "will terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique, living human being."

The majority opinion discusses whether the statement, "abortion will terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique, living human being," is truthful, not misleading and relevant to women's decisions to obtain abortions. The court found that Planned Parenthood, which challenged the law, did not submit any evidence the statement was false, misleading, or irrelevant.

Planned Parenthood and abortion activists have tried to deny the fact that abortion kills a separate human being. Thankfully, the majority of the judges on the appeals court have clearly and decisively declared that South Dakota need not deny the truth.

There is more good news coming to South Dakota. This fall, the citizens will vote on a statewide abortion ban. This voter initiative will be a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade, the case that allowed abortion through all nine months of pregnancy.

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