In Wisconsin, clinics have stopped providing abortions amid litigation over whether an 1849 ban is in effect. With Indiana’s law remaining on hold and a pre-statehood Arizona law blocked last week, bans on abortion at any point in pregnancy are in place in 14 states. The case gained wide attention when an Indianapolis doctor said the child came to Indiana because of Ohio’s “fetal heartbeat” ban.Īn Ohio judge has blocked that state’s law while a court challenge to it proceeds. Indiana’s ban followed the political firestorm over a 10-year-old rape victim who traveled to the state from neighboring Ohio to end her pregnancy. “Although we are confident the law will be upheld, it will be far too late for those whose lives will be lost as this is argued in the courts,” Indiana Right to Life CEO Mike Fichter said in a statement. The leader of Indiana’s most prominent anti-abortion group said it was “deeply disappointed” and estimated that at least 3,000 abortions will take place in the state while awaiting a decision from the court. It argued that the ban would “prohibit the overwhelming majority of abortions in Indiana and, as such, will have a devastating and irreparable impact on the plaintiffs and, more importantly, their patients and clients.” The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, which is representing Planned Parenthood and other abortion clinic operators, filed the lawsuit Aug. “That is some stability and security for the patients that we haven’t had in quite some time,” Hagstrom Miller told The Associated Press. That includes doctors who do the abortions, some of whom are now available to see patients through November, she said. 22, the clinic has been able to replace staff members it lost after the ban took effect. Indiana’s seven abortion clinics were to lose their state licenses under the ban - which only permits abortions within its narrow exceptions to take place in hospitals or outpatient surgical centers.Īmy Hagstrom Miller, president of Whole Woman’s Health, said its South Bend clinic will likely resume appointments for abortion patients next week. The ban includes exceptions allowing abortions in cases of rape and incest, before 10 weeks post-fertilization to protect the life and physical health of the mother and if a fetus is diagnosed with a lethal anomaly. The Indiana ban aimed to replace state laws that generally prohibited abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy and tightly restricted them after the 13th week. The order, signed by Chief Justice Loretta Rush, said “a majority” of the court agreed with its provisions but gave no further details. The five-member Supreme Court, all of whom were appointed by Republican governors, did not explain their decision.
Supreme Court eliminated federal abortion protections by overturning Roe v. That made Indiana the first state to enact tighter abortion restrictions after the U.S. The ban was approved by the state’s Republican-dominated Legislature on Aug.
Owen County Judge Kelsey Hanlon blocked the law from being enforced, writing that “there is reasonable likelihood that this significant restriction of personal autonomy offends the liberty guarantees of the Indiana Constitution” and that the clinics will prevail in the lawsuit.
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