Indiana supreme court clears way for Republican abortion ban

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Besides Indiana, enforcement of restrictions are on hold as courts decide the cases in Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Utah and Wyoming.
49% : The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, which represented Planned Parenthood and other abortion clinic operators, argued before the supreme court in January that the state constitution's liberty protections provide a right to privacy and to make decisions on whether to have children.
49% : The Marion county judge Heather Welch in December agreed with five residents who hold Jewish, Muslim and spiritual faiths and who argued that the ban would violate their religious rights on when they believe abortion is acceptable.
38% : The state attorney general's office countered that Indiana had laws against abortion when its current constitution was drafted in 1851 and that the county judge's ruling would wrongly create an abortion right.

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