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On October 10, the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and other pro-abortion groups filed an appeal of a court’s September ruling<\/a> that\u00a0denied a request<\/a>\u00a0by Planned Parenthood to\u00a0broaden the medical exceptions<\/a> under which abortions would be allowed under Indiana law.<\/p>\n

Current state law,\u00a0SB 1<\/a>, protects nearly all preborn children from abortion, permitting it only in cases of rape and incest, if there is a \u201clethal fetal anomaly\u201d before 20 weeks, and when \u201creasonable 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 Per the law, abortions may only be committed in a hospital.<\/p>\n

The abortion industry challenged the Indiana law, arguing that the medical exemptions were “too limited” while asking the court to waive the hospital-only rule. Notably, abortion supporters were lobbying to make mental illness a medical exception to the law \u2014 an exception that could ultimately open the door to unlimited abortion. However, in September, Judge Kelsey Hanlon upheld the state’s law, noting that the law as written does not unduly burden women.<\/p>\n

READ: The people who want to allow late abortion don\u2019t want to talk about late abortion<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

With the legal challenge, the case will now move to the Indiana Court of Appeals.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs this lawsuit proceeds, Hoosiers\u2019 lives hang in the balance under Indiana\u2019s near-total abortion ban. This extreme restriction is putting pregnant people\u2019s health at serious risk, leading to preventable tragedies and even death,” claimed the plaintiffs in a statement<\/a>, though they did not provide any evidence as to how the state’s pro-life law is leading to deaths.<\/p>\n

As Indiana Right to Life President and Chief Executive Office Mike Fichter previously noted, the state’s current law is saving lives<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“The 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> after Hanlon’s September ruling. \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 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><\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On October 10, the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and other pro-abortion groups filed an appeal of a court’s September ruling that\u00a0denied a request\u00a0by Planned Parenthood to\u00a0broaden the medical exceptions under which abortions would be allowed under Indiana law. Current state law,\u00a0SB 1, protects nearly all preborn children from abortion, permitting it only in cases of rape […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":607,"featured_media":191971,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nAbortion businesses appeal after Indiana judge denies request to expand abortion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Planned Parenthood appealed a ruling denying its request to\u00a0broaden medical exceptions\u00a0for abortion under Indiana law.\" \/>\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\/abortion-indiana-appeals-expand-abortion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta 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