Abortion Clinics Reopening in Indiana After Judge Blocks State’s Ban a Week After It Took Effect
Indiana abortion clinics are preparing to resume the procedure after a judge blocked the state’s near-total abortion ban just a week after the ban had gone into effect.
Owen County Judge Kelsey Hanlon on Sept. 22 issued a preliminary injunction (pdf) against Indiana’s new law banning abortion, putting it on hold temporarily amid ongoing litigation.
Abortion clinic operators had argued in the lawsuit challenging the state’s abortion ban that it violates the state constitution, and that the state’s constitution protects access to abortion. The lawsuit was filed on Aug. 31 (pdf) by the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, which is representing the abortion clinic operators….