An Indiana law banning abortion at all stages of pregnancy with limited exceptions is now in effect, making Indiana the latest state to enact restrictions on the procedure after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
The law provides exceptions to save the woman's life, prevent any serious health risk to the woman, and for lethal fetal anomalies, up to 20 weeks post-fertilization. It also allows exceptions for some abortions if the pregnancy was a result of rape or incest during the first 10 weeks post-fertilization.Under the law, abortion clinics are no longer state-licensed facilities and cannot provide abortions.
"Hoosiers experiencing or at risk of pregnancy complications that may seriously and permanently impair their health-but that do not meet the limited exception for serious health risks set out in S.B. 1-will be forced to remain pregnant and to suffer serious and potentially life-long harms to their health," they said in their complaint filed in Monroe Circuit Court on Aug. 31.
A backwards state just got more backwards. Evangelicals in the legislature are forcing their religious views on many issues.