Indiana's near-total abortion ban is now in effect after the Indiana General Assembly passed the legislation during a special session over the summer and Gov. Eric Holcomb signed it into law.
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana's near-total abortion ban is now in effect after the Indiana General Assembly passed the legislation during a special session over the summer and Gov. Eric Holcomb signed it into law.
Abortions are only permitted in cases of rape and incest before 10 weeks post-fertilization and to protect the mother's life and physical health. It also allows them if the fetus is diagnosed with a lethal anomaly. The ban will replace state laws that generally prohibited abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy and tightly restricted it after the 13th week.
Several organizations and abortion clinic operators filed a lawsuit last month seeking to block the law from taking effect. It won't be heard by a judge until next weekAnother lawsuit was filed in September by the American Civil Liberties Union claiming the law violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
Indiana University Health, the state’s largest hospital system, has set up advisory teams that include a lawyer for consultations on whether patients meet the legal requirements for abortions. Indiana hospitals performed 133 of the 8,414 abortions reported to the state Department of Health in 2021, with the remaining 98% taking place at clinics.
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