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The attorney general claims the appeals court got it wrong when it held Senate Enrolled Act 1 (2022) violates the states Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).

The Indiana Court of Appeals last week unanimously affirmed a challenge to the state’s near-total abortion ban, though it sent a preliminary injunction back to a trial court for a

(RNS) — States’ abortion laws may not be ‘underinclusive.’

Some ideas will not be repressed, and in Indiana, the idea that abortion is a matter of religious freedom has broken through in the lower courts.

Some ideas will not be repressed, and in Indiana, the idea that abortion is a matter of religious freedom has broken through in the lower courts.

The three-judge appeals panel on Thursday largely sided with the plaintiffs, who allege the ban violates their rights under RFRA.

Religion won on the opposite side of an abortion case than usual April 4, part of a trend of those who favor access to abortion declaring they have a religious right to the procedure.

Ken Falk, ACLU of Indiana legal director, said in a statement that the appeals court decision reflects the “clear directive” that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act “protects religious freedom for all Hoosiers.”

(RNS) — The ruling was another win for those who say their religious beliefs direct them to have abortions prohibited by the ban.

Any woman who asserts her religious beliefs compel her to obtain an abortion soon may be permitted to terminate her pregnancy in Indiana.