Indiana Law Protecting Children at all Gestational Ages Delayed Again

UPDATE

On July 31, the ACLU filed a motion to rehear this case at a trial court. The ACLU's argues that the pro-life law's definition of a serious health risk is more restrictive than what the Supreme Court suggested the state Constitution might allow.

The law cannot take effect until after the Supreme Court responds to the ACLU's petition. It seems that they waited until the last possible moment in an attempt to artificially extend the injunction.

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On August 1, Indiana's law protecting unborn children is set to take effect. The law protects children at all gestational ages, but it contains exceptions for rape, incest, when the mother's life is at risk, or when the unborn child is diagnosed with a fatal medical condition.

Last year, pro-abortion groups filed a lawsuit to prevent the law from taking effect. In September 2022, County Judge Kelsey B Hanlon imposed a temporary injunction blocking Indiana from enforcing the pro-life law. Indiana appealed Hanlon's decision to the state Supreme Court. On June 30, 2023, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled that the law does not violate the Indiana Constitution's privacy protections. The court vacated the injunction, allowing the law to go into effect on August 1.

A separate challenge from women arguing they have a religious right to abortion through Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act continues.

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