{"id":318613,"date":"2024-09-13T10:41:13","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T15:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=318613"},"modified":"2024-09-12T13:44:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T18:44:42","slug":"indiana-judge-denies-planned-parenthood-expand-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/indiana-judge-denies-planned-parenthood-expand-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana judge denies Planned Parenthood’s request to expand abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>

A special judge in Monroe County, Indiana, has denied a request<\/a> by Planned Parenthood to broaden the medical exceptions<\/a> under which abortions would be allowed under state law.<\/p>\n

Indiana’s abortion law, SB 1<\/a>, protects nearly all preborn children in the state from abortion. Abortion is only permitted in cases of rape and incest, if there is a “lethal fetal anomaly” before 20 weeks, and when \u201cabortion is necessary when reasonable medical judgment dictates that performing the abortion is necessary to prevent any serious health risk to the pregnant woman or to save the pregnant woman\u2019s life.\u201d The law also requires that abortions be committed in a hospital \u2014 not in independent abortion businesses.<\/p>\n

Following the law’s passage, Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit, claiming<\/a> the law \u201cunnecessarily restricted\u201d abortion because women may desire an abortion \u201cthat may not meet the limited exception for serious health risks set out in SB 1.\u201d It also fought the hospital-only requirement on the basis that it \u201cincreases the cost of abortion….\u201d<\/p>\n

In her ruling on Wednesday, Judge Kelsey Hanlon upheld the state law and said it does not unnecessarily burden women seeking abortion, as she noted that the only medical conditions not covered under the exemption were mental illnesses.<\/p>\n

Hanlon said the plaintiffs did present \u201ccompelling evidence regarding the serious nature of mental illness for perinatal women,\u201d however, they were not successful in demonstrating why those illnesses would necessitate abortion. Hanlon also upheld the hospital requirement, saying the plaintiffs had not shown why that requirement is burdensome.<\/p>\n

READ: Federal judge strikes down Indiana law meant to protect minors from coerced abortions<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe court is not tasked with determining the wisdom of SB 1,\u201d Hanlon stated, according to court documents. \u201cRather, the court limits its analysis to whether SB 1 prevents patients from exercising a constitutional right to protect themselves against serious health risks by materially burdening access to abortions necessary to address that risk.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPlaintiffs have not shown an instance where an abortion is necessary to treat a serious health risk but would also fall outside of the health and life exception,\u201d the ruling said<\/a>. \u201cAdditionally, plaintiffs have not demonstrated that the hospital requirement is materially burdensome to constitutionally protected abortion access, nor that it fails rational basis review as to statutorily authorized (but not constitutionally protected) abortions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Attorney General Todd Rokita praised the ruling.<\/p>\n

\u201cIndiana\u2019s pro-life law is both reasonable and constitutional, and we\u2019re pleased the Monroe County Circuit Court upheld it,\u201d he said in a statement<\/a>. “This is another huge win for life and no matter how many times Planned Parenthood tries to sue and push forward their culture of death, we will continue fighting for mothers, fathers, and the unborn.”<\/p>\n

Indiana Right to Life President and Chief Executive Office Mike Fichter also applauded the court’s decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe limits in Indiana law have been highly effective in ending the killing of over 9,000 babies per year and stopped the abortion profiteers from making millions at the expense of women and their babies,\u201d he said in a statement<\/a>. \u201cThe Indiana Supreme Court has already ruled Indiana\u2019s law is constitutional and the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed in its 2022 Dobbs ruling the right for states to determine abortion law. As abortion businesses like Planned Parenthood continue to seek ways to undermine Indiana law, we will remain focused on helping Indiana become a model state in showing compassion for pregnant mothers and providing protection for unborn babies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Urge Walmart, Costco, Kroger, and other major chains to resist pressure to dispense the abortion pill<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A special judge in Monroe County, Indiana, has denied a request by Planned Parenthood to broaden the medical exceptions under which abortions would be allowed under state law. Indiana’s abortion law, SB 1, protects nearly all preborn children in the state from abortion. Abortion is only permitted in cases of rape and incest, if there […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":607,"featured_media":280708,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nIndiana judge denies Planned Parenthood's request to expand abortion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The judge said the law does not unnecessarily burden women; the only medical conditions not covered under the exemption are mental illnesses.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/indiana-judge-denies-planned-parenthood-expand-abortion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Indiana judge denies Planned Parenthood's request to expand abortion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The judge said the law does not unnecessarily burden women; the only medical conditions not covered under the exemption are mental illnesses.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/indiana-judge-denies-planned-parenthood-expand-abortion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-13T15:41:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-12T18:44:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-1131098318.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2121\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1414\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bridget Sielicki\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bridget Sielicki\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/indiana-judge-denies-planned-parenthood-expand-abortion\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/indiana-judge-denies-planned-parenthood-expand-abortion\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Bridget Sielicki\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/354818e37fca891455094342cfaacf2f\"},\"headline\":\"Indiana judge denies Planned Parenthood’s request to expand abortion\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-13T15:41:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-12T18:44:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/indiana-judge-denies-planned-parenthood-expand-abortion\/\"},\"wordCount\":593,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Newsbreak\",\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/indiana-judge-denies-planned-parenthood-expand-abortion\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/indiana-judge-denies-planned-parenthood-expand-abortion\/\",\"name\":\"Indiana judge denies Planned Parenthood's request to expand abortion\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-13T15:41:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-12T18:44:42+00:00\",\"description\":\"The judge said the law does not unnecessarily burden women; the only medical conditions not covered under the exemption are mental illnesses.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/indiana-judge-denies-planned-parenthood-expand-abortion\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/indiana-judge-denies-planned-parenthood-expand-abortion\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/indiana-judge-denies-planned-parenthood-expand-abortion\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Indiana judge denies Planned Parenthood’s request to expand abortion\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Live Action News\",\"description\":\"Covering Human Rights, Abortion, & Pro-Life Issues\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Live Action\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png\",\"width\":701,\"height\":710,\"caption\":\"Live Action\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/liveaction\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/liveactionorg\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/LiveActionFilms\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LiveActionFilms\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/354818e37fca891455094342cfaacf2f\",\"name\":\"Bridget Sielicki\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9cf04f4b8f1370c0d4ec72e4c6913a37?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9cf04f4b8f1370c0d4ec72e4c6913a37?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Bridget Sielicki\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/author\/bridget-sielicki\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Indiana judge denies Planned Parenthood's request to expand abortion","description":"The judge said the law does not unnecessarily burden women; the only medical conditions not covered under the exemption are mental illnesses.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/indiana-judge-denies-planned-parenthood-expand-abortion\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Indiana judge denies Planned Parenthood's request to expand abortion","og_description":"The judge said the law does not unnecessarily burden women; the only medical conditions not covered under the exemption are mental illnesses.","og_url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/indiana-judge-denies-planned-parenthood-expand-abortion\/","og_site_name":"Live Action News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction","article_published_time":"2024-09-13T15:41:13+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-09-12T18:44:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2121,"height":1414,"url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-1131098318.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Bridget Sielicki","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@liveaction","twitter_site":"@liveaction","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bridget Sielicki","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/indiana-judge-denies-planned-parenthood-expand-abortion\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/indiana-judge-denies-planned-parenthood-expand-abortion\/"},"author":{"name":"Bridget Sielicki","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/354818e37fca891455094342cfaacf2f"},"headline":"Indiana judge denies Planned Parenthood’s request to expand abortion","datePublished":"2024-09-13T15:41:13+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-12T18:44:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/indiana-judge-denies-planned-parenthood-expand-abortion\/"},"wordCount":593,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Newsbreak","Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/indiana-judge-denies-planned-parenthood-expand-abortion\/","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/indiana-judge-denies-planned-parenthood-expand-abortion\/","name":"Indiana judge denies Planned Parenthood's request to expand abortion","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-09-13T15:41:13+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-12T18:44:42+00:00","description":"The judge said the law does not unnecessarily burden women; the only medical conditions not covered under the exemption are mental illnesses.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/indiana-judge-denies-planned-parenthood-expand-abortion\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/indiana-judge-denies-planned-parenthood-expand-abortion\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/indiana-judge-denies-planned-parenthood-expand-abortion\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Indiana judge denies Planned Parenthood’s request to expand abortion"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/","name":"Live Action News","description":"Covering Human Rights, Abortion, & Pro-Life Issues","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization","name":"Live Action","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png","width":701,"height":710,"caption":"Live Action"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction","https:\/\/twitter.com\/liveaction","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/liveactionorg\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/LiveActionFilms\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LiveActionFilms"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/354818e37fca891455094342cfaacf2f","name":"Bridget Sielicki","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9cf04f4b8f1370c0d4ec72e4c6913a37?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9cf04f4b8f1370c0d4ec72e4c6913a37?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Bridget Sielicki"},"url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/author\/bridget-sielicki\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318613"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/607"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318613"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318632,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318613\/revisions\/318632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}