Judge blocks Trump administration’s efforts to defund Planned Parenthood
A federal judge on Monday ruled Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide must continue to be reimbursed for Medicaid funding.
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Trump rescinded guidance on emergency abortions. Now what?
Some say Trump’s decision is detrimental to the ability of health care providers to determine when they can perform these abortions lawfully.
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Rokita facing lawyer discipline charges: Discipline complaint marks 2nd time in 4 years Indiana AG faces formal ethics complaint
For the second time in four years, the Indiana attorney general is facing lawyer discipline charges.
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‘The battle isn’t over’: Near-total abortion ban in effect, but litigation continues
It’s been a year of legal battles for both sides of the abortion issue in Indiana, with a struggle in the courts still playing out as the state’s near-total ban takes effect for the second time.
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2022 in review: Top stories
To wrap up 2022, here’s a look back at the biggest stories of the year, as voted on by IL staff.
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Abortions kept rising in 2024 because of telehealth prescriptions, report finds
Pills are used in the majority of abortions and are also prescribed in person.
First full year under Indiana’s ban reveals 146 abortions occurred in 2024
Ninety-three of the abortions were performed due to lethal fetal anomaly; 40 were due to serious health risk or life of the mother and nine were due to rape or incest.
Trump administration asks judge to toss suit restricting access to abortion medication
The Trump administration has asked a judge to toss out a lawsuit from three Republican-led states seeking to cut off telehealth access to the abortion medication mifepristone.
Lawsuits challenge state’s release of abortion documents
A legal battle rages on over reports that doctors must file on the few abortions now performed in Indiana each year.
Supreme Court weighs whether states can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood
There are just two Planned Parenthood clinics in South Carolina, but every year they take hundreds of low-income patients who need things like contraception, cancer screenings and pregnancy testing.
Doctors win injunction protecting terminated pregnancy reports
The move comes after a short-term temporary restraining order expired. The lawsuit over the records will continue, but, in the meantime, the reports are protected as medical records.
Judge extends order prohibiting state from disclosing terminated pregnancy reports
Two doctors testified in court Wednesday that the reports contain too much personal information and could threaten the privacy and safety of both patients and the physicians performing the abortions.
Marion County judge temporarily blocks release of abortion records
The judge concluded that the terminated pregnancy reports are medical records not subject to public record laws.
Bernard sues Indiana State Health Commissioner over release of terminated pregnancy reports
Dr. Caitlin Bernard and another board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist are suing the Indiana State Health Commissioner and the nonprofit Voices for Life, Inc., arguing that terminated pregnancy reports should not be disclosed under Indiana’s Access to Public Records Act.
State settles with anti-abortion group; will release terminated pregnancy reports
The Indiana Department of Health will release the individual reports filed on every abortion but with redactions to protect patient identity.
Trump pardons anti-abortion activists who blockaded clinic entrances
The people pardoned were involved in the October 2020 invasion and blockade of a Washington clinic.
Braun signs executive orders on abortion records, health care costs
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun on Wednesday waded into a legal fight over the release of abortion records while signing a health-focused tranche of executive orders.
Texas judge says states can revive challenge to abortion pill access nationwide
Idaho, Kansas and Missouri requested late last year to pursue the case in federal court in Amarillo, Texas, after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a narrow ruling finding that abortion opponents who first filed the case lacked the legal right to sue.
Indy doctor sues state health department over abortion reporting requirements
The lawsuit argues a state law requiring physicians performing abortions to report certain information to the state is in direct conflict with new federal health privacy requirements.
New 2025 laws hit hot topics from AI in movies to rapid-fire guns
Artificial intelligence. Abortion. Guns. Marijuana. Minimum wages. Name a hot topic, and chances are good there’s a new law about it taking effect in 2025 in one state or another.
State justices won’t immediately decide if abortion law violates religious freedoms
The trial court’s preliminary injunction against the state’s abortion law remains in effect for a small group of women after the Indiana Supreme Court for now refused to hear state officials’ appeal.
Abortion rights at forefront of Women’s March rallies in runup to Election Day
Thousands of women rallied Saturday in the nation’s capital and elsewhere in support of abortion rights and other feminist causes ahead of Tuesday’s election.
Judge continues to block Florida officials from threatening TV stations over abortion ads
U.S. District Judge Mark Walker extended a temporary restraining order, siding with Floridians Defending Freedom, the group that created the ads promoting the ballot question that would add abortion rights to the state constitution if it passes Nov. 5.
Supreme Court lets stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate Texas ban
The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate the law in Texas, which has one of the country’s strictest abortion bans.