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Judge lifts order against Indiana abortion procedure ban
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal choose is permitting an Indiana legislation largely banning a second-trimester abortion process to take impact following the U.S. Supreme Court docket’s choice to finish constitutional safety for abortion.
U.S. District Decide Sarah Evans Barker’s order signed Thursday lifts the injunction she issued in 2019 blocking the legislation in opposition to the process that the Republican-backed laws known as “dismemberment abortion.”
Barker granted a request from the Indiana lawyer basic’s workplace to raise her order, writing that the Supreme Court docket’s choice final month overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling eliminated the “linchpin holdings” for her evaluation.
The legislation prohibits docs from performing dilation and evacuation abortions until to forestall severe well being danger or save the lifetime of the mom. A health care provider violating the legislation might face a felony cost, punishable by as much as six years in jail.
Barker, nonetheless, declined to raise her injunction in opposition to a 2017 Indiana legislation that may require dad and mom to be notified if a court docket permits a woman youthful than 18 to get abortion with out parental consent. Barker cited procedural causes, declaring that the problem of that legislation was pending with the seventh Circuit Court docket of Appeals in Chicago.
Indiana might have extra sweeping abortion restrictions by someday subsequent month because the Republican-dominated Legislature is scheduled to start a particular legislative session on July 25.
