Indiana Top Court Allows Near-Total Abortion Ban to Take Effect

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : Planned Parenthood has received funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies, the charitable organization founded by Michael Bloomberg.
50% : The plaintiffs included Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawaii, Alaska, Indiana, and Kentucky, Inc.
47% : The case has been watched closely, as it was one of the first to present the question of whether a state constitution protects a right to abortion.
44% : But the law enacted shortly after the US Supreme Court said in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization that there's no federal constitutional right to abortion, likely passes muster under the state document because it allows abortions under those circumstances, the state's top court said.
37% : Abortion is virtually illegal in Indiana after the state's top court said Friday that a near-total ban doesn't violate a fundamental right of access to the procedure in all circumstances.
36% :Indiana's law, known as SB1, criminalizes abortion except in cases of rape or incest that are still within the first 10 weeks of pregnancy; in instances of a "lethal fetal anomaly;" or to prevent "any serious health risk," including death, for pregnant patients.

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