We provided a safe and legal abortion to a legal adult. This appears to be a very sad case of a breakdown of communication among family members. Clearly, she was a legal adult and wanted to make the decision alone without notifying her parents.

This is just going to require another ongoing battle for us, to make sure we can protect the women of South Dakota.

We provided a safe and legal abortion to a legal adult. She supplied documentation, a birth certificate, that she is legally an adult able to make her own health-care decisions, including having an abortion. This appears to be a very sad case of a breakdown of communication among family members. Clearly, she was a legal adult and wanted to make the decision alone without notifying her parents.