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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 ...
A federal judge struck down a 2017 Indiana law that prohibited doctors from helping pregnant minors find less stringent abortion care out of state. A federal judge struck down a 2017 Indiana law ...
Another Indiana bill would also reclassify abortion pills as "controlled substances"—a classification that goes against medical evidence but takes a similar approach to a law enacted last year ...
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 abortion ban went into effect Thursday. The ban will limit access to more than1.5 million people of reproductive age in Indiana, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana.
The ACLU filed a lawsuit against the State of Indiana in April 2023 challenging the law, alleging that the law violates the U.S. Constitution as well as the federal requirements of the Medicaid Act and the Affordable Care Act. [5] In June 2023, a federal court issued a preliminary injunction blocking much of the law from going into effect. [6]
Indiana asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to let it enforce a law requiring parental consent in order for a minor to get an abortion.