Indiana Supreme Court upholds abortion ban: State constitution gives only limited protections

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The Indiana Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state's abortion ban doesn't violate the state constitution, removing a major hurdle to enforcing the ban Republicans approved last summer.

doesn't violate the state constitution, removing a major hurdle to enforcing the ban Republicans approved last summer.

An opinion from three of the court’s five justices said that while Indiana's constitution provides some protection of abortion rights, the "General Assembly otherwise retains broad legislative discretion for determining whether and the extent to which to prohibit abortions."Although the court's decision strikes down the injunction blocking the ban, it wasn't immediately clear how soon the ban would take effect.

 

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