S.D. Codified Laws § 22-16-37 : — CRIMESHOMICIDE AND SUICIDE —16-37 - Aiding and abetting suicide-Felony TEXT PDF Any person who intentionally in any manner advises, encourages, abets, or assists another person in taking or in attempting to take his or her own life is guilty of a Class 6 felony. SDCL 22-16-37 SDC 1939, §§ 13.1902, 13.1903; SDCL, § 22-16-38; SL 1968, ch 31, § 1; SL 1976, ch 158, § 16-7; SL 2005, ch 120, §167.