{"id":290410,"date":"2023-05-05T10:38:45","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T15:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=290410"},"modified":"2023-05-03T23:08:36","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T04:08:36","slug":"supreme-court-indiana-humane-burial-aborted-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/supreme-court-indiana-humane-burial-aborted-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court leaves in place Indiana’s law mandating humane burial of aborted children"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The United States Supreme Court ruled<\/a> on May 1 that it will not hear a challenge to an Indiana law that requires abortion facilities to bury or cremate fetal remains. With the decision, the state law stands.<\/p>\n

The law, which was adopted in 2016, was challenged<\/a> in a 2020 lawsuit brought by the Women\u2019s Med abortion facility in Indianapolis, as well as two women who obtained abortions at the facility. The Associated Press<\/a> previously reported that in the suit, the abortion business \u201cargued Indiana\u2019s requirements caused both abortion and miscarriage patients \u2018shame, stigma, anguish, and anger\u2019 because they \u2018send the unmistakable message that someone who has had an abortion or miscarriage is responsible for the death of a person\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

In response to the lawsuit, the law was blocked in September 2022 by a judge who ruled that it violated the religious freedom and free speech of people who do not believe that a preborn child has the same rights as a born person. A federal judge reinstated the law<\/a> in November 2022. The plaintiffs had appealed to the Supreme Court as a final effort to get the law overturned.<\/p>\n

Attorney General Todd Rokita praised the court’s decision to let the law stand. “The Supreme Court’s ruling will allow our state to treat unborn, innocent babies with the dignity they rightly deserve,” he tweeted. “My office will continue fighting to protect the right to life while the radical left dismisses this invaluable gift.”<\/p>\n

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The Supreme Court\u2019s ruling will allow our state to treat unborn, innocent babies with the dignity they rightly deserve. My office will continue fighting to protect the right to life while the radical left dismisses this invaluable gift. https:\/\/t.co\/kKWzewlSiy<\/a><\/p>\n

— Todd Rokita (@AGToddRokita) May 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n