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PRESS RELEASE
(9/13/2006)
Sexual Assault Survivors Dispute Referred Law 6 (HB 1215) Opponents Rape survivors say South Dakota abortion ban provides options for women pregnant from sexual assault Sioux Falls, South Dakota--Today, opponents of Referred Law 6 tried to deceive the public at a downtown Siouxland Library press conference. They falsely accused the law of lacking rape and incest exceptions. HB 1215, now known as Referred Law 6, contains a provision that allows women to seek medical attention that prevents pregnancy after sexual assault. Abortion advocates ignored the bill’s rape and incest provisions. But some survivors of sexual assault are speaking out. Megan Barnett, Aberdeen, conceived her daughter through sexual assault. “If I had wanted to prevent the pregnancy, Referred Law 6 would have given me the time to do that,” she said. “I was offered emergency contraception twice and chose not to take it.” Barb Walker, an Aberdeen sex crime survivor, said, “I was raped years ago and HB 1215 would have provided options for me.” Referred Law 6 gives sex crime victims the same options they have now in a defined time. The rape and incest provision encourages early medical care for abused women. Leslee Unruh, VoteYesForLife.com campaign manager, says, “Abortionists cover up sex crimes by scaring women into thinking abortion is the only solution.” In 1990, The Baltimore Sun reported that the parents of three teenaged girls plead guilty to first-degree rape and child sexual abuse. The father used at least 10 abortions to keep the rapes secret. The same Greater Baltimore Medical Center doctor performed five of them. Abortionists destroy pregnancies that would alert authorities of sexual abuse. Referred Law 6 protects women. It provides victims of sex crimes with the medical care, compassion and justice they deserve.
VoteYesForLife.com campaigns on behalf of Referred Law 6. The campaign organized in 2006 to support HB 1215, the Women’s Health and Human Life Protection Act.
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