From the Argus Leader:
PLANNED PARENTHOOD SEEKS INJUNCTION
Lawyers for Planned Parenthood this week filed for an injunction in federal court after state officials warned the agency that it could be sanctioned if it fails to use state-approved abortion disclosure forms.
The filing is the latest round in a four-year court battle between the state of South Dakota and Planned Parenthood of Minnesota and the Dakotas.
Planned Parenthood is resisting demands that it use specific, state-approved language in the paperwork that is presented to women seeking abortions.
The organization objects to its doctors being forced to use phrases that Planned Parenthood considers ideological, such as: "That the abortion will terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique, living human being."
State Health Department officials declined to comment on what sanctions Planned Parenthood might face, or if there is a deadline for the agency to comply with the health department's demand.
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