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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 fallout from Dobbs v.Jackson Women's Health Organization and the resulting restrictive abortion policies are causing increasing barriers to abortion access in the United States, which is statistically negatively affecting, among other things, the health and well-being of birthing people and young children, with ripple effects to other populations.
, 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, or disabilities. Lower courts had blocked enforcement ...
The latest aggregate report says there were 27 abortions in Indiana during the second quarter of this year, compared to nearly 2,000 during that time in 2023, when a lawsuit still prevented the ...
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 ...
The Indiana Court of Appeals gave an incremental win Thursday to a group of residents suing the state over its near-total abortion ban, arguing that it violates a state law protecting religious ...
The 1821 abortion law of Connecticut was the first known law passed in the United States to restrict abortion. Although this law did not completely outlaw abortions, it placed heavier restrictions, as it prevented people from attempting or receiving abortions, which was generally through the consumption of poison, during the first four months ...
After state lawmakers passed Indiana's abortion ban in 2022, the law did immediately go into effect after an injunction was placed on the law. But in 2023, the Indiana Supreme Court upheld Indiana ...