Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood Sues South Dakota Over Restrictive Abortion Law

Jon Terbush | May 31, 2011, 10:46AM

Planned Parenthood sued the state of South Dakota last Friday over a new law that requires women to receive counseling at a "pregnancy help center" before they can have an abortion, and imposes a 72-hour waiting period between that counseling and when a doctor can perform the procedure.

In a press release, Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota said that the new law toughens what were already the most stringent abortion laws in the nation and infringes on both patients' and doctors' First Amendment rights against "compelled speech."

"This law goes farther than any other in the country in intruding on the doctor-patient relationship, and putting women and families at risk," Sarah Stoesz, president and chief executive of Planned Parenthood, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota was quoted as saying in the press release.

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Topics: Abortion, Planned Parenthood, Pregnancy Help Center, South Dakota

Ted Alvin Klaudt

Jailed Ex-State Rep Tries To Copyright Own Name, Wants $500K Per Use

Justin Elliott | December 16, 2009, 9:39AM

If Ted Alvin Klaudt had his way, we'd owe him $500,000 for the first clause of this sentence. The former South Dakota state representative has sent a notarized letter from prison -- where he is serving time for the rape of two of his foster daughters -- notifying several news organizations of a "Common Law Copyright" on the use of his name.

The AP is among the organizations that got the letter from the state prison in Springfield, South Dakota. Klaudt's copyright notice, which demands $500,000 per unauthorized use of his name, was notarized and includes a seal indicating it was filed with the register of deeds near Klaudt's family ranch, the AP reports.

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Topics: Copyright, Rape, South Dakota, Ted Alvin Klaudt