Bill criminalizing fraudulent insemination moves to full South Dakota House of Representatives

By: John Hult

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: February 6, 2026

Words: 582

Last Updated: 3 weeks ago

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A bill on fertility fraud inspired by a Netflix documentary is on its way to the South Dakota House of Representatives after clearing its first screening committee Friday morning.

House Bill 1164 would make the knowing use by a licensed medical provider of their own reproductive material or the reproductive material of another person to inseminate a patient without their written consent both a crime and a civil cause of action.

A doctor who …

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