{"id":155479,"date":"2016-10-28T17:45:45","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T21:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=155479"},"modified":"2016-10-28T17:45:45","modified_gmt":"2016-10-28T21:45:45","slug":"planned-parenthood-wins-injunction-against-indiana-law-that-would-protect-preborn-from-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-wins-injunction-against-indiana-law-that-would-protect-preborn-from-discrimination\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned Parenthood wins injunction against Indiana law protecting preborn babies from discrimination"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Tuesday, Planned Parenthood asked a judge to throw out an Indiana law<\/a> that protects unborn babies from being aborted solely because of their sex, race, or a genetic disorder like Down syndrome.<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit this spring challenging HB 1337, which was signed into law by Governor Mike Pence.<\/p>\n

Life News\u00a0reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Judge Tanya Walton Pratt<\/a> of the U.S. Court for the Southern District of Indiana granted Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky\u2019s request for an injunction against the measure, known as the Dignity for the Unborn Law, before it could take effect tomorrow.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The bill would have also have stipulated that the bodies of aborted babies be disposed of in a respectful fashion (such as cremation or proper burial) by the abortion facility. North Dakota was the first state to pass such a law in 2013.<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood does not object to abortion on the basis of the child’s\u00a0sex\u00a0or\u00a0disability, and therefore,\u00a0is encouraging the overturning of a\u00a0law that respects the dignity of the preborn as human beings. In\u00a0Live Action’s own investigations into sex-selective abortions in the United States, they found Planned Parenthood representatives more than willing to abort these children for discriminatory reasons — or any reason at all — in several states. Live Action\u00a0noted<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Although 9 out of 10 Americans oppose sex-selection abortion, abortions based on gender are neither illegal nor uncommon in our country. Many other industrialized countries have either restrictions or a ban on sex-selection, yet the United States does not \u2013 despite our continuous condemnation of other countries that permit the practice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Live Action investigated Planned Parenthood centers in Texas, New York, Arizona, Hawaii, and also in North Carolina (featured below):<\/p>\n