First Thing: Near-total abortion ban takes effect in Indiana
Law in effect wipes out abortion access for 1.5 million people in the state, which was a safe haven for those seeking the procedure. Plus, how house music changed the world
FILE - Abortion-rights protestors march between the Indiana Statehouse and the Indiana State Library where Vice President Kamala Harris was meeting with Indiana legislators to discuss reproductive rights in Indianapolis on July 25, 2022. Indiana’s new abortion ban will make nearly all abortions illegal in the state as of Thursday, Sept. 15, putting into effect a law that made it the first state where the Legislature and governor approved such a measure since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
Nicola Slawson
Thu 15 Sep 2022 05.20 EDT
Last modified on Thu 15 Sep 2022 05.45 EDT
"A sweeping abortion ban went into effect in Indiana today, containing only extremely narrow exceptions for medical emergencies, rape and incest – making it the latest state to largely outlaw the procedure in the US.
The ban is being challenged in court by the ACLU and several abortion care providers, with hearings set to start on 19 September.
Indiana lawmakers passed the legislation during a special legislative session in early August, with a six-week pause before it came into effect. Then, Indiana was the first state in the nation to bring in a new law banning abortion after Roe fell.
The law in effect wipes out abortion access for 1.5 million Indianans of reproductive age, and will have far-reaching consequences as Indiana had become a safe haven for those seeking abortion in other nearby states.
“We will always have more work to do because we need to make it unimaginable to end an unborn baby’s life,” the Republican state senator Liz Brown said when she backed the bill six weeks ago.
What are the exceptions? The Indiana law – known as SB 1 – is an all-encompassing abortion ban with some extreme restrictions. It limits abortions to cases where there is serious risk to the health or life of the pregnant person, and in the case of a lethal fetal anomaly up to 20 weeks post-fertilization."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/15/indiana-abortion-ban-trigger-law
Law in effect wipes out abortion access for 1.5 million people in the state, which was a safe haven for those seeking the procedure. Plus, how house music changed the world
FILE - Abortion-rights protestors march between the Indiana Statehouse and the Indiana State Library where Vice President Kamala Harris was meeting with Indiana legislators to discuss reproductive rights in Indianapolis on July 25, 2022. Indiana’s new abortion ban will make nearly all abortions illegal in the state as of Thursday, Sept. 15, putting into effect a law that made it the first state where the Legislature and governor approved such a measure since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
Nicola Slawson
Thu 15 Sep 2022 05.20 EDT
Last modified on Thu 15 Sep 2022 05.45 EDT
"A sweeping abortion ban went into effect in Indiana today, containing only extremely narrow exceptions for medical emergencies, rape and incest – making it the latest state to largely outlaw the procedure in the US.
The ban is being challenged in court by the ACLU and several abortion care providers, with hearings set to start on 19 September.
Indiana lawmakers passed the legislation during a special legislative session in early August, with a six-week pause before it came into effect. Then, Indiana was the first state in the nation to bring in a new law banning abortion after Roe fell.
The law in effect wipes out abortion access for 1.5 million Indianans of reproductive age, and will have far-reaching consequences as Indiana had become a safe haven for those seeking abortion in other nearby states.
“We will always have more work to do because we need to make it unimaginable to end an unborn baby’s life,” the Republican state senator Liz Brown said when she backed the bill six weeks ago.
What are the exceptions? The Indiana law – known as SB 1 – is an all-encompassing abortion ban with some extreme restrictions. It limits abortions to cases where there is serious risk to the health or life of the pregnant person, and in the case of a lethal fetal anomaly up to 20 weeks post-fertilization."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/15/indiana-abortion-ban-trigger-law
