The ruling has some important implications, not the least of which is this: If abortion kills a human life, at what point does it become murder?  (For an interesting perspective on that issue, see this piece.)

The judge took the position of the state, ruling that doctors must make the disclosure “…that the abortion will terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique, living human being.” Judge Schreier added that doctors can provide more information than the language in the statute.

She did strike one portion of the statute by ruling  that pregnant women do not need to be told abortion increases the likelihood of suicide,  or that they have an existing relationship with the fetus.

Planned Parenthood runs  South Dakota’s only abortion clinic, which is in Sioux Falls.

It remains to be seen whether either side will appeal.

It is interesting that the law can conclude that an abortion will clearly end the life of a viable human, but Planned Parenthood is willing to argue for death of human life at the will and whim of a would-be mother, with complete disregard for the fact that a life will definitely be ended.

Surely, if someone came in and ripped out the germinated seeds planted in the garden or farm of a Planned Parenthood leader, in the subsequent lawsuit, they’d sue for loss of the crop they would have gotten. Wouldn’t they?

(Opps…I forgot. Their reasoning is different than normal humans. They would probably stick with their position, to wit, it isn’t really a plant. After all, a germinated seed is just that, nothing more. After all, those seeds  hadn’t really popped through the earth yet.)