A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction preventing
enforcement of South Dakota's strict new abortion law while courts
decide the constitutionality of the new statute. The law imposes a
three-day waiting period before a woman may obtain an abortion and
requires women to undergo counseling at a "pregnancy help center" that
advises against abortions. The judge found that the challengers to the
law had sufficiently demonstrated that the law likely violated the
constitution, which warranted a preliminary injunction preventing the
law from going into effect.
