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Abortion will remain available in Indiana as if the near-total abortion ban was not enacted at least until the Supreme Court issues its final decision sometime in 2023.
State data show 92 pregnant and postpartum women died in Indiana during 2020, a 46% increase from the state's 63 maternal deaths in 2019, and the 60 deaths tallied for
Seventeen years ago the Indiana Supreme Court dodged the question of whether the Indiana Constitution contains a right to privacy, and correspondingly, a right to abortion.
The lawsuit claims Indiana's new abortion restrictions unlawfully deny temple members access to abortion and the Satanic Abortion Ritual by criminalizing the procedure.
A Republican Owen County judge ruled Thursday the state's near-total abortion ban, which took effect last Thursday, likely violates liberties protected by the Indiana Constitution.