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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.
Oct 23, 2024 · Abortion Policies in Indiana. Most Restrictive. States have constructed a web of abortion laws and regulations that restrict or support whether, when and under what circumstances providers can offer abortion care and a pregnant individual can obtain an abortion.
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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 The state expressly repealed two pre-Roe bans in 1977.Id. §§ 35-1-58-1, 35-1-58-2 repealed by 1977 Ind.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.
Jul 31, 2023 · Indiana lawmakers passed a near-total abortion ban on Aug. 5, 2022, which Gov. Eric Holcomb signed into law quickly after. Two lawsuits temporarily halted the ban shortly after it took effect, until the Indiana Supreme Court ruled the ban did not violate the state’s constitution.
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.
Sep 27, 2023 · Indiana passes near-absolute abortion ban: What you need to know. The Indiana General Assembly passed Senate Enrolled Act 1, which puts a near-absolute ban on abortion in Indiana. The act was passed on June 30 and enforced across the state the following day.
Oct 7, 2024 · View CNN’s abortion law map to see where abortions are legal, banned, or in limbo. Nearly two dozen US states have banned or severely restricted access to abortion.
