{"id":96178,"date":"2016-06-15T12:35:18","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T16:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=96178"},"modified":"2016-06-15T12:48:40","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T16:48:40","slug":"arguments-begin-in-lawsuit-over-indiana-pro-life-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/arguments-begin-in-lawsuit-over-indiana-pro-life-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Arguments begin in lawsuit over Indiana pro-life law"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Court hearings <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/wireStory\/judge-hears-arguments-bid-block-indiana-abortion-law-39845729\">began Tuesday<\/a> over Indiana\u2019s law banning abortions sought for genetic abnormalities, race, or sex, among other pro-life reforms, in a lawsuit <a href=\"http:\/\/wlfi.com\/2016\/05\/01\/aclu-sues-indiana-over-gov-pences-abortion-law\/\">filed<\/a> by the American Civil Liberties Union.<\/p>\n<p>The law takes effect in July. It also requires ultrasounds before abortions, admitting privileges for abortionists, and burial or cremation for aborted children. So far, Indiana and North Dakota are the only two states that ban abortions for genetic abnormalities.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The ACLU is arguing that the law amounts to a violation of the \u201cright\u201d to elective abortion created by <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>, and US District Court Judge Tanya Walton Pratt indicated that she agreed, asking, \u201cHow can it be described as anything but a prohibition on the right to an abortion?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But following <em>Roe<\/em>, the Supreme Court actually <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Constitutional-Law-and-Abortion-Primer.pdf\">upheld<\/a> a wide variety of restrictions on abortion, including parental notification, regulations on the procedure, limits on taxpayer funding of abortion, waiting periods, and informed consent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/AbortionProcedures.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88619\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/levatino-ad-LAN.jpg\" alt=\"levatino-ad-LAN\" width=\"306\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/levatino-ad-LAN.jpg 306w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/levatino-ad-LAN-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>State Solicitor General Thomas Fisher responded to Pratt by noting that history, particularly <em>Planned Parenthood v. Casey\u2019s<\/em> affirmation that the state can regulate abortion both in the interest of fetal life and maternal health, though he \u201cacknowledge that in many respects this case is the first of its kind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pratt said she will rule on the case \u201cvery soon,\u201d prior to the law taking effect next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Court hearings began Tuesday over Indiana\u2019s law banning abortions sought for genetic abnormalities, race, or sex, among other pro-life reforms, in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union. The law takes effect in July. It also requires ultrasounds before abortions, admitting privileges for abortionists, and burial or cremation for aborted children. 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