S.D. Codified Laws § 34-23A-60

Current with legislation signed by the governor on or before 3/6/2024
Section 34-23A-60 - Civil action for failure to comply with sections 34-23A-56 and 34-23A-57

Any woman who undergoes an abortion, or her survivors, where there has been an intentional, knowing, or negligent failure to comply with the provisions of §§ 34-23A-56 and 34-23A-57 may bring a civil action, and obtain a civil penalty in the amount of ten thousand dollars, plus reasonable attorney's fees and costs, jointly and severally from the physician who performed the abortion and the abortion facility where the abortion was performed.

This amount shall be in addition to any damages that the woman or her survivors may be entitled to receive under any common law or statutory provisions, to the extent that she sustains any injury. This amount shall also be in addition to the amounts that the woman or other survivors of the deceased unborn child may be entitled to receive under any common law or statutory provisions, including but not limited to the wrongful death statutes of this state.

SDCL 34-23A-60

SL 2011, ch 161, §8.