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In the late 1960s, Indiana saw various reforms to the anti-abortion laws of the 1950s, which previously made it “a crime at common law to wilfully solicit and/or procure a miscarriage” or to “wilfully terminate a pregnancy except by the operation of nature.” [11] By 1967, no state had fully legalized abortion, but many states had begun the process of reforming laws in favor of ...
The legality of abortion in the United States and the various restrictions imposed on the procedure vary significantly, depending on the laws of each state or other jurisdiction, although there is no uniform federal law. Some states prohibit abortion at all stages of pregnancy, with few exceptions; others permit it up to a certain point in a ...
Many jurisdictions have laws applying to minors and abortion. These parental involvement laws require that one or more parents consent or be informed before their minor daughter may legally have an abortion .
Protesters hand out anti-abortion literature, outside the entrance to Planned Parenthood - Georgetown Health Center on Tuesday, Aug.16, 2022, in Indianapolis.
Abortion providers are asking an Indiana trial judge this week to broaden access to abortions under the state's near-total ban. Indiana law allows for abortion in rare circumstances, including ...
Indiana was the first state to impose strict abortion restrictions after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v Wade, the 1973 case that legalized abortion in America. Indiana’s law has ...
On July 1, 2022, The Indianapolis Star reported that a ten-year-old girl who had been raped traveled from Ohio to Indiana to have an abortion. [3] President Joe Biden highlighted the case in remarks at the White House on July 8, 2022, stating: "She was forced to have to travel out of the state to Indiana to seek to terminate the pregnancy and maybe save her life.
Indiana's Republican-controlled legislature passed its abortion ban in August 2022. In addition to the life and health exceptions, the law also allows abortion in cases of rape or incest for ...