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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 ...
Attorney General (1997), the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts found the requirement of both parents consenting to the minor's abortion unconstitutional, but upheld the parental consent of one parent. [10] In 2020, the law was modified to apply only to minors under 16 years of age. [8]
1 Delaware's parental notification law only applies to minors under the age of 16. 2 Illinois's parental notification law was repealed June 1, 2022. 3 Massachusetts' parental consent law only applies to minors under the age of 16. South Carolina's law only apples to minors under 17. Mandatory waiting period laws in the US
Sports. Weather. 24/7 Help. ... after the Indiana Supreme Court upheld a 2022 law that said only hospitals ... Planned Parenthood officials said that abortion bans across more than 20 states ...
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 ...
Advocates for Youth, a group that helps young people promote sexual health and equity, saw membership in its newly created Youth Abortion Support Collective boom since launching in 2020. The group ...
Box v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc., No. 18-483, 587 U.S. ___, 139 S.Ct. 1780 (2019), was a United States Supreme Court case dealing with the constitutionality of a 2016 anti-abortion law passed in the state of Indiana. Indiana's law sought to ban abortions performed solely on the basis of the fetus' gender, race, ethnicity ...
“The constitutional text nowhere mentions abortion, and Indiana has prohibited or heavily regulated abortion by statute since 1835 — before, during, and after the time when the 1851 Indiana ...