Indiana Supreme Court Upholds Abortion Ban

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The Indiana Supreme Court upheld the state's abortion ban saying it does not violate the state's constitution. A county judges preliminary injunction in September of last year blocked enforcement of the ban just a week after the state's Republican majority legislature passed it. The ban would cause all seven of the state's abortion clinics to lose their licenses. The vast majority of abortions would be illegal with exceptions reserved for protecting the mother cases of rape or incest before 10 weeks. And if the fetus has a lethal anomaly, a separate challenge to the state's ban based on religious freedom is ongoing.