Indiana Senate narrowly passes near-total abortion ban. Bill heads to the House.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : Polling has shown that the majority of Hoosiers support some continued access to abortion.
37% : A majority of Senate Republicans supported the controversial measure, despite concerns from some on the far right of the caucus that it doesn't go far enough to restrict abortion and concerns by more moderate Republicans that a zero-week ban is too strict.
34% : A recent Public Policy Polling survey found that nearly two-thirds of Hoosiers surveyed said they believe that abortion should be legal in all or most cases, and only 7% said they think it should be illegal in all cases.
28% : They also shot down an effort supported by some moderate Republicans and Democrats to lengthen the number of weeks to legalize abortion to 20 in cases of rape and another change that would have thrown the entire question of abortion to voters in a referendum.

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