“It was definitely a battle — a lot harder-fought battle than we would like to see for something we feel is so common sense here in South Dakota," said Kyle Holt, legislative director of South Dakota Right to Life.
Mary Spaulding Balch, state legislative director for the National Right to Life Committee, said the effect of ultrasounds is being tracked across
“The evidence is that once they see that living human being,” she said. “It’s hard for them to choose abortion."
Ultrasound technology, which now can offer three-dimensional moving images, changes many minds, said Julaine Appling, executive director of the Wisconsin Family Council.
“The likes of Planned Parenthood … actually freak when they think about this idea of ultrasound," she said. “The use of ultrasound in abortion facilities and in our pregnancy centers is probably the key that we have now to reduce abortions.”
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