Federal judge rules against several Indiana abortion laws

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A federal judge has ruled that several of Indiana’s laws restricting abortion are unconstitutional. Among them are the state’s ban on telemedicine consultations between doctors and women seeking abortions.

U.S. District Court Judge Sarah Evans Barker issued a permanent injunction against the telemedicine ban, along with state laws requiring in-person examinations by a doctor before medication abortions and the prohibition on second-trimester abortions outside hospitals or surgery centers. Barker also ruled against state laws requiring that women seeking abortions be told human life begins when the egg is fertilized and that a fetus might feel pain at or before 20 weeks.

“We will continue to fight to defend Indiana’s commonsense abortion laws and to build a culture of life in Indiana,” Republican Attorney General Todd Rokita said in a statement. “This is a horrific ruling that will directly lead to a massive expansion of chemical and late term abortions in Indiana,” organization President Mike Fichter said in a statement. “The sweeping blockage of these common sense laws jeopardizes the health and safety of women, leaves women in the dark on issues of fetal pain and the development of human life.”

 

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mimiloves2 Todd Rokita is playing doctor with women’s bodies. I’m sure he’s not qualified to control the reproductive health of all Indiana women.

My body my choice until there’s a poison vaccine.

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