Indiana Supreme Court authorizes near-total abortion ban to take effect

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : He said even though the facial challenge to the entire statute necessarily failed, individual plaintiffs remain free to pursue facial challenges to specific portions of the law or may bring an as-applied challenge to enforcement of the law under certain circumstances.
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48% :Goff said the best way to resolve the question is to put it directly to Hoosier voters in the form of a constitutional amendment clarifying the meaning of liberty within the scope of Article I, Section 1 -- particularly since many of the liberties long-protected by the federal government, including the right to travel, to marry, to access contraception, to refuse medical care, or to educate one's children as one sees fit, appear vulnerable to reversal by the same U.S. Supreme Court that last year overturned the right to abortion established by its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.
47% : At the same time, the state's high court recognized for the first time that the Indiana Constitution protects the right to abortion, in some circumstances, and said further litigation and legislation is needed to fully understand the limits of the state's authority to regulate abortion.
45% : Dan CardenAn Indiana law enacted last year sharply restricting access to abortion is poised to once again take effect after the Indiana Supreme Court on Friday lifted a judicial hold on enforcing the statute.
44% : Rokita did not personally comment on the Indiana high court decision Friday, despite taking time to post on Twitter his thoughts on U.S. Supreme Court rulings issued the same day relating to anti-discrimination protections and student loan forgiveness.
43% :"Because Senate Bill 1 fails to recognize a liberty right to reproductive choice or provide any means to balance bodily autonomy against the state's legitimate interest in regulating abortion, there is, in my view, a reasonable likelihood that it is unconstitutional, at least as applied to plaintiffs who, according to the limited record before us, have long provided abortion services safely and are now prohibited from performing even those services that remain legal under Senate Bill 1."
42% :Justice Geoffrey Slaughter, a Crown Point native, concurred in the court's judgment, but said the preliminary injunction could have been struck down based on the litigant's lack of standing, instead of having the court establish a limited constitutional right to abortion.
40% : Though his office issued a statement declaring victory in the abortion case, even though the Indiana Supreme Court rejected its arguments that the litigants lacked standing; that Article I, Section 1 is not judicially enforceable; and, even if it was, it does not protect the right to abortion.
39% : "In my view, even those who abhor abortion in all circumstances should be wary of unfettered government power over the most personal, private aspects of a person's life."
25% : Now, patients will be forced either to flee the state to access abortion if they have the means, seek abortion outside of the health care system, or carry pregnancies against their will with profound medical risk and life-altering consequences," they said.

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