Indianapolis, IN
Indiana abortion ban challenged under religious freedom law
FILE – Abortion protesters try at hand out literature as they stand within the driveway of a Deliberate Parenthood clinic in Indianapolis, Aug. 16, 2019. Hospitals and abortion clinics in Indiana are getting ready for the state’s abortion ban to enter impact on Sept. 15, 2022. Beginning Sept. 15, abortions will probably be permitted solely in instances of rape and incest, earlier than 10-weeks post-fertilization; to guard the life and bodily well being of the affected person; and if a fetus is recognized with a deadly anomaly. The legislation additionally prohibits abortion clinics from offering any abortion care. (AP Picture/Michael Conroy, File)
by: TOM DAVIES, Related Press
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Opponents of Indiana’s abortion ban set to take impact subsequent week filed a lawsuit Thursday arguing it will violate a state spiritual freedom legislation that Republican lawmakers permitted in 2015.
The lawsuit follows one other one filed final week additionally difficult the abortion ban that the GOP-dominated Legislature and Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb permitted final month.
The lawsuit filed in Marion County court docket by the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana on behalf of 5 nameless residents and the group Hoosier Jews for Alternative argues that the ban would violate their spiritual rights on once they imagine abortion is appropriate.
They’re citing a state legislation that then-Gov. Mike Pence signed over the objections of critics who mentioned it permits discrimination in opposition to homosexual folks.