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State Supreme Court Allows Preliminary Injunction to Stand in ACLU of Indiana’s Challenge to Abortion Law Based on Religious Beliefs

The Indiana Supreme Court allowed a preliminary injunction to stand against Senate Enrolled Act 1 (SEA 1), Indiana’s near-total abortion ban, for plaintiffs whose sincerely held religious beliefs would require them to terminate a pregnancy under circumstances prohibited by the ban. 

Appeal Filed in Indiana Abortion Case

We filed an appeal of a circuit court ruling that last month denied a request to expand and clarify the limited and ambiguous health and life exception to Indiana’s criminal abortion ban.

Indiana Circuit Court Declines to Broaden Exception to Dangerously Restrictive Abortion Ban

An Indiana circuit court ruled against abortion providers and a pregnancy resource center and declined to broaden and clarify the scope of the ban’s narrow and ambiguous health and life exception.

One Year After Indiana's Near-Total Abortion Ban: Hoosiers Unite to Defend Reproductive Freedom Ahead of 2024 Elections

Today marks one year since Indiana’s near-total abortion ban was enacted, a significantly devastating milestone in the state’s history.

Trial Challenging Unconstitutionally Narrow Exceptions to Abortion Ban Begins Tomorrow in Indiana

We are going to trial this week to broaden and clarify the scope of the unconstitutionally narrow and ambiguous health or life exception to the state’s abortion ban.

Federal Judge Strikes Down Speech-limiting ‘Aid-or-Assist’ Provision in 2017 Indiana Abortion Law

A District Court has ruled that a 2017 Indiana law that prohibited health care providers from providing certain information about abortion to young people violates the First Amendment.

Court of Appeals Upholds Injunction for Those Whose Religious Beliefs Are Burdened by Indiana’s Abortion Ban

Today the Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed a preliminary injunction against Indiana’s 2022 ban on most abortions, for plaintiffs whose sincerely held religious beliefs would direct them to terminate a pregnancy in circumstances prohibited by the near-total ban.

Abortion Providers and Pregnancy Resource Center Seek Relief from Indiana's Dangerous Abortion Ban

We're suing to broaden the scope of the narrow health or life exception in Indiana's abortion ban.

Indiana Supreme Court Rules Near-Total Abortion Ban Can Take Effect

Today, the Indiana Supreme Court allowed the state’s near-total abortion ban to take effect. A block in a separate Religious Freedom Restoration Act case against the ban remains in effect.