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Mar 8, 2023 · Using publicly available data, we created a timeline of abortion-related laws in Indiana, calculated abortion rates by geography, and described changes in abortion occurrence coincident with changes in abortion-related laws between 2010 and 2019.
Buoyed by the Supreme Court’s 6–3 anti-abortion majority, state legislators raced to enact abortion restrictions. As of December 31, 108 abortion restrictions had been enacted in 19 states.
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- State Protections
- Post-Roe Prohibitions
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Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization,Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Org., 597 U.S (June 24, 2022), rev’d Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Org., 945 F.3d 265, 274 (5th Cir. 2019). Indiana enacted a new law prohibiting abortion with very limited exceptions.S.B. 1,...
Indiana law does not include express statutory protections for abortion. In June 2023, the Indiana Supreme Court held that the constitution protects abortion in situations when there is risk to a pregnant person’s life or a “serious health risk.”Members of the Med. Licensing Bd. of Ind. v. Planned Parenthood N.W. Haw., Alaska, Ind., Ky., No. 22S-PL...
In 2022, Indiana enacted a total ban on abortion.S.B. 1, 122nd Leg., 1st Spec. Sess. (Ind. 2022). The state expressly repealed two pre-Roe bans in 1977.Id. §§ 35-1-58-1, 35-1-58-2 repealed by 1977 Ind. Acts 1524; see also Clinic for Women, Inc. v. Brizzi, 837 N.E.2d 973, 989 n.2 (Ind. 2005) (Dickson, J., concurring) (providing history of … Continue...
Now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe, Indiana has enacted a new total ban on abortion, which took effect on August 1, 2023 after the state supreme court vacated the injunction blocking the law.
Oct 9, 2024 · Indiana and West Virginia became the first states to pass new laws fully banning abortion. Other states — including Georgia, historically a hub of abortion access in the South — have enacted six-week bans, essentially allowing abortion only up to two weeks after a missed period.
Aug 21, 2024 · As we approach the 2024 elections, people across Indiana are mobilizing to protect birth control, in vitro fertilization (IVF) and to restore safe, legal abortion: 94% of Hoosiers oppose restricting access to birth control, including intrauterine devices (IUDs). 92% oppose criminalizing IVF.
Use this map to explore the breakdown of abortion laws by state in real-time–and understand abortion bans, types of abortion restrictions, what trigger bans are, and more.
State courts that have recognized abortion rights have sometimes ultimately upheld restrictions, and conversely, some courts have blocked restrictions even without finding a right to abortion. Use the map to learn more about the status of state constitutional protections in each state.
