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Arielle Zionts

What counts as an exception to South Dakota's abortion ban? A video may soon explain

ProLife Across America, a national nonprofit, has placed multiple anti-abortion billboards in Rapid City, South Dakota. (Arielle Zionts/KFF Health News)

South Dakota lawmakers want state officials to create an educational video to help doctors understand when they can end a pregnancy without risking prison time under the state's near-total abortion ban.

It's an example of how states are responding to the national controversy over what exceptions to abortion bans actually mean. Critics point to reports of women developing dangerous complications after hospitals in states with strict abortion laws refused to terminate their pregnancies.

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