Marion County Prosecutor, AG Rokita clash in court on how to handle abortion ban lawsuit

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Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears and Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita are at odds in court over a recent abortion lawsuit.

A couple dozen people are protesting Indiana's near-total abortion ban outside Gov. Holcomb's residence, on Sept. 15, 2022, the day it goes into effect.Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears and Attorney General Todd Rokita are clashing in court over how to handle a recent lawsuit challenging the state’s near-total abortion ban.violates the Indiana Constitution because it restricts an individual's right to privacy from governmental intrusion and discriminates against abortion clinics.

About a week after the lawsuit was filed, two private attorneys from an Indianapolis law firm appeared in court on behalf of Mears’ office. Then the Indiana Attorney General’s Office asked the court to strike them from the lawsuit. . Rokita, on the other hand, is staunchly anti-abortion and has defended the state’s abortion restrictions in court even before the U.S. Supreme Court unraveled the seminal abortion case Roe v. Wade.

 

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Rokita needs to be fired and never re-elected as ag or into any public office ever again.

Mears has made Indy unsafe. He has tiny little pub nuts. He's a disgrace. 🔫🔫🔫👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿

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