Dozens gather for protest in Indiana as Republicans propose near-total ban on abortion

CHICAGO (CBS) — Lawmakers in Indiana will start a particular legislative session Monday to debate the way forward for abortion within the Hoosier state. Republicans are proposing a near-total on the process, however activists say they will not let it cross with no struggle. 

Crowds turned out Sunday in Highland, Indiana, to a pro-abortion rally, holding indicators and chanting “maintain your legal guidelines off my physique.” 

Indiana’s senate takes up the invoice Monday. If accredited, it strikes to the home the place it may develop into regulation by fall. 

Banning abortions on the time of implantation is outlined in Indiana as when the fetus is implanted within the uterus.Members of the Republican-controlled Indiana Senate rolled out a invoice that may dramatically tighten that state’s abortion legal guidelines.

Nonetheless, there are exceptions, together with if the lifetime of the mom is in danger.

“It would not sit proper with me that tens of millions of reproductive rights had been taken away. It is un-American. It is unpatriotic. To be fairly frank, it is disgusting. I have been born and raised round a whole lot of highly effective girls in my life and I do not assume I can stand idly by whereas rights are taken away,” stated scholar Noah Thomas. 

Deliberate Parenthood stated earlier than the top of the yr it’s anticipating 30,000 girls to return to Illinois for abortions, which might be an 80% soar from a typical yr in Illinois.