Indiana adopts near-total abortion ban as governor signs SB 1 into law

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : The struggle for the Republican Party may have best been described by Rep. Ann Vermilion, R-Marion, who reminded the chamber of her GOP bona fides - limited government, fiscal conservative, Friday night lights, Sunday church - before admitting how the last two weeks have challenged her beliefs.
53% : As the House's soft-spoken chaplain led the chamber in an invocation to open the final day of the two-week special legislative session Friday - called to pass financial relief but coopted to ban abortion after the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision in late June - a small but vocal contingent of abortion-rights protesters nearly drowned out her appeal to God with chants of "bans off our bodies."
53% :Anti-abortion groups had opposed SB 1 because of the few cases in which it would still allow abortion.
43% : They'd hoped that the House would tighten the exceptions that would continue to allow for abortion.
40% : Briggs: Banning abortion would push Indiana to society's fringe'I love Jesus':Christian lawmakers legislate their faith into Indiana abortion ban"It makes Indiana one of the most pro-life states in the nation," said Rep. Wendy McNamara, R-Evansville.
40% : More:Here's how every Indiana state senator voted on concurrence of SB 1, the abortion banMore:Here's how every member of the Indiana House voted on SB 1, the abortion ban billLikely all of them were disappointed with the bill passed Friday, which bans abortion except in cases of rape, incest, fatal fetal anomalies and when the life of the pregnant person is at danger.
36% : The party has been divided on the issue, with some feeling the bill goes too far in restricting abortion and others feeling it doesn't go far enough.
36% : SB 1, the near-total ban on abortion, takes effect Sept. 15.
35% : The Senate had written an exception for abortion in cases in which the life of the pregnant person was in danger.
23% : Gov. Eric Holcomb signed Senate Bill 1, which prohibits abortion at any stage of gestation except in cases of rape, incest, fatal fetal anomalies or when the pregnant person's life is at risk, within an hour of its passage late Friday night.

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