{"id":295647,"date":"2023-08-21T15:02:58","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T20:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=295647"},"modified":"2023-08-21T15:04:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T20:04:51","slug":"planned-parenthood-aclu-indiana-pro-life-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-aclu-indiana-pro-life-hold\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana pro-life law will take effect as state Supreme Court denies rehearing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Update 8\/21\/2023<\/strong>: The Indiana Supreme Court voted<\/a> 4-1 on Monday to deny the ACLU’s request for a rehearing of a case against Indiana’s pro-life law, Senate Bill 1. This means the pro-life law, which protects nearly all preborn babies from abortion will take effect immediately upon the certification of the ruling.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are celebrating today,\u201d Voices for Life Executive Director Melanie Lyon said in a press release. \u201cWe are celebrating the thousands of children and families who will be spared the violence of abortion because of this legislation. \u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been preparing for this day for the past year. Our staff and 100+ volunteers are ready to aggressively tackle this next phase of the fight for life in Indiana by continuing to hold abortionists accountable for illegal activity and removing the demand for abortion through our sidewalk advocacy and door to door outreach programs.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB or SEA 1 protects preborn children from abortion with three exceptions: If the baby was conceived in rape or incest, to protect the life or health of the mother (though directly and intentionally killing a preborn child is never medically necessary<\/a>), or if the preborn child is diagnosed with a condition that doctors label as fatal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Update 8\/2\/2023<\/strong>: A pro-life law in Indiana is on hold again following a last-minute filing from the ACLU, but Planned Parenthood has stopped committing abortions in the state. The law was supposed to take effect on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The Indiana Supreme Court ruled on June 30 that the state’s pro-life law does not violate the state\u2019s constitution, but the ACLU of Indiana asked the court to keep the law on hold while it considers challenges to it. It wants the court to rehear its arguments against the law, which protects almost all preborn humans from abortion and would shut down abortion facilities. Only hospitals and surgical centers run by hospitals would be allowed to commit abortions. Until the court responds to that petition — which could take days or weeks — the law will not be allowed to take effect, according to Indiana Public Media<\/a>. In the meantime, Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai’i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky won’t commit abortions until that decision is made.<\/p>\n

The 11 Planned Parenthood clinics will reportedly remain open and assist women in accessing other abortion options.<\/p>\n

8\/1\/2023<\/strong>: Earlier this summer, the Indiana Supreme Court removed the injunction<\/a> against the state’s law protecting virtually all preborn children from abortion, allowing the law to take effect on August 1. That same day, the ACLU \u2014 representing Planned Parenthood and other abortion businesses \u2014 filed a lawsuit to keep the law blocked.<\/p>\n

In the petition, the ACLU of Indiana asked the state Supreme Court<\/a> to rehear the case, which would then keep the law from being able to take effect. Gavin Rose, senior staff attorney for the ACLU of Indiana, told the Associated Press they need more time to file a motion seeking \u201ca more limited injunction targeted to the breadth of the serious health risk exemption.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ACLU is hoping to have the injunction extended for another 60-90 days. The petition would keep the law from taking effect while the Supreme Court considers it.<\/p>\n

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Yesterday, we filed a petition for rehearing, which has temporarily stopped Indiana\u2019s near-total abortion ban from taking effect as scheduled today.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re bringing everything we\u2019ve got to the fight to keep abortion legal for as many Hoosiers as possible. https:\/\/t.co\/m8yRla71P8<\/a><\/p>\n

— ACLU of Indiana (@ACLUIndiana) August 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n