South Dakota criminalizes fertility fraud as a felony.
Doctors face prison for secretly using their own sperm.
The law allows victims to sue for damages.
It addresses a legal gap exposed by real cases.
The bill passed with unanimous bipartisan support.
South Dakota has taken a groundbreaking step to protect families from a deeply personal form of deception. Governor Larry Rhoden signed House Bill 1164 into law, creating the crime of “fertility fraud.” This new law makes it a class 5 felony for a physician to secretly use their own sperm or unauthorized donor sperm during artificial insemination procedures without a patient’s written consent. The bill sailed through the state House with a 65-0 vote, signaling broad bipartisan recognition of a violation that permanently alters lives.
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