US judge blocks Indiana 2nd trimester abortion procedure ban
5 years, 6 months ago

US judge blocks Indiana 2nd trimester abortion procedure ban

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — A federal judge blocked an Indiana law that would ban a second-trimester abortion procedure on Friday, just days before the law was set to come into force. Indiana’s attorneys maintained the state had a valid role in limiting types of abortion procedures, citing a 2007 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that upheld a federal law banning the method. ACLU attorneys argued that the ban would put a “substantial and unwarranted burden on women’s ability to obtain second-trimester, pre-viability abortions.” In granting the preliminary injunction that blocked the law, U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker wrote that it “prohibits physicians from utilizing the most common, safest, often most cost effective, and best understood method of second trimester abortion, requiring them instead to resort to alternatives that are medically riskier, more costly, less reliable, and in some instances simply unavailable, while accomplishing little more than expressing hostility towards the constitutionally fundamental right of women to control their own reproductive lives.” Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill said in a statement he expected to appeal the ruling. Federal courts have blocked similar laws in several states, including Kentucky and Ohio this spring, but Indiana abortion opponents were hopeful an increasingly conservative U.S. Supreme Court could eventually uphold such bans. Indiana Solicitor General Thomas Fisher said legislators wanted the ban “because they think the procedure is unethical.” The anti-abortion group Indiana Right to Life urged an appeal of Barker’s ruling.

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Abortions are up in the US. The data paints a complicated picture
1 week, 5 days ago

Abortions are up in the US. The data paints a complicated picture

Associated Press  

Abortion has become slightly more common despite bans or deep restrictions in most Republican-controlled states, and the legal and political fights over its future are not over yet. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Overturning Roe and enforcing abortion bans has changed how woman obtain abortions in the U.S. “Abortion bans don’t actually …

A Missouri judge says the state’s abortion ban isn’t enforceable, ensuring legal abortions
2 weeks, 5 days ago

A Missouri judge says the state’s abortion ban isn’t enforceable, ensuring legal abortions

The Independent  

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A judge says Missouri’s abortion ban isn’t enforceable, but there’s no start date for abortions
2 weeks, 5 days ago

A judge says Missouri’s abortion ban isn’t enforceable, but there’s no start date for abortions

Associated Press  

— A judge ruled Friday that Missouri’s near-total abortion ban is unenforceable under a new constitutional amendment, though Planned Parenthood said the decision is still not sufficient for it to resume providing abortions in the state. Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Jerri Zhang said the abortion ban “is directly at odds” with a constitutional amendment creating a right to abortion …

Idaho’s strict abortion ban faces scrutiny in federal appeals court hearing
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Idaho’s strict abortion ban faces scrutiny in federal appeals court hearing

Associated Press  

PASADENA, Calif. — A federal appeals court scrutinized the impact of Idaho’s strict abortion ban on emergency medical care on Tuesday, weighing whether the ban criminalizing abortions should be enforceable in life- and health-threatening situations. Circuit Court of Appeals panel of 11 judges to urgently lift the injunction preventing the state from enforcing its abortion ban in emergency room settings, …

Wisconsin Supreme Court grapples with whether state’s 175-year-old abortion ban is valid
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court grapples with whether state’s 175-year-old abortion ban is valid

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A conservative prosecutor’s attorney struggled Monday to persuade the Wisconsin Supreme Court to reactivate the state’s 175-year-old abortion ban, drawing a tongue-lashing from two of the court’s liberal justices during oral arguments. Sheboygan County’s Republican district attorney, Joel Urmanski, has asked the high court to overturn a Dane County judge’s ruling last year that invalidated the ban. …

Commentary: A second Trump administration could make abortion restrictions even worse
2 months, 1 week ago

Commentary: A second Trump administration could make abortion restrictions even worse

LA Times  

Mitzi Rivas, left, hugs her daughter Maya Iribarren during an abortion-rights protest at City Hall in San Francisco following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade in June 2022. Since the Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling returning the decision on abortion to the states, nearly half enacted abortion bans, some of which have prevented women from getting emergency abortions …

Judge Strikes Down Ohio Abortion Ban, Citing Reproductive Rights Amendment
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Judge Strikes Down Ohio Abortion Ban, Citing Reproductive Rights Amendment

Associated Press  

Ohio's most restrictive abortion law, which prohibited abortions after cardiac activity is detected at six weeks of pregnancy, was struck down by a county judge. The judge ruled that the 2019 law, which was passed after Roe v. Wade was overturned, violated the state's constitution's protection of individual liberty and equal protection. The ruling is a major victory for abortion …

In 'win for reproductive freedom,' North Dakota judge strikes down abortion ban
3 months, 3 weeks ago

In 'win for reproductive freedom,' North Dakota judge strikes down abortion ban

Raw Story  

Two days after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump claimed that "every Democrat, every Republican, liberal, conservative" wanted the federal right to abortion care to be overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, a North Dakota judge became the latest on Thursday to strike down a state-level abortion ban, saying it violated residents' constitutional rights. Meetra Mehdizadeh, a staff attorney at CRR, …

US abortion numbers rise slightly since Roe was overturned, study finds
5 months ago

US abortion numbers rise slightly since Roe was overturned, study finds

Associated Press  

The number of women getting abortions in the U.S. actually went up in the first three months of 2024 compared with before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, a report released Wednesday found, reflecting the lengths that Democratic-controlled states went to expand access. AP AUDIO: US abortion numbers have risen slightly since Roe was overturned, study finds AP correspondent …

Rise in pregnancy terminations in US after verdict favouring abortion overturned
5 months ago

Rise in pregnancy terminations in US after verdict favouring abortion overturned

India Today  

The number of women getting abortions in the US actually went up in the first three months of 2024 compared with before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, a report released Wednesday found, reflecting the lengths that Democratic-controlled states went to expand access. In March, doctors in states with laws to protect medical providers used telemedicine to prescribe abortion …

Iowa Now Bans Most Abortions After About 6 Weeks, Before Many Women Know They're Pregnant
5 months, 1 week ago

Iowa Now Bans Most Abortions After About 6 Weeks, Before Many Women Know They're Pregnant

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa’s strict abortion law went into effect Monday, immediately prohibiting most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant. “I’m glad that the Iowa Supreme Court has upheld the will of the people of Iowa.” Now, across the country, four states ban abortions after about six weeks …

Iowa now bans most abortions after about 6 weeks, before many women know they're pregnant
5 months, 1 week ago

Iowa now bans most abortions after about 6 weeks, before many women know they're pregnant

The Independent  

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Harris slams Trump on abortion issue as six-week ban takes effect in Iowa
5 months, 1 week ago

Harris slams Trump on abortion issue as six-week ban takes effect in Iowa

Al Jazeera  

Abortion access remains top US election issue as ban on procedure after about six weeks of pregnancy takes effect in Iowa. United States Vice President and the Democratic Party’s likely 2024 nominee Kamala Harris has slammed former President Donald Trump on abortion rights as a stringent, six-week ban on the procedure entered into force in the US state of Iowa. …

Iowa now bans most abortions after about 6 weeks, before many women know they’re pregnant
5 months, 1 week ago

Iowa now bans most abortions after about 6 weeks, before many women know they’re pregnant

LA Times  

Tablets of mifepristone, a drug used in medication abortions, sit on a counter in a Planned Parenthood clinic in Ames, Iowa. Iowa’s strict abortion law went into effect Monday, immediately prohibiting most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant. “I’m glad that the Iowa Supreme Court has upheld the will of the people …

Iowa law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to take effect Monday
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Iowa law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to take effect Monday

The Independent  

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Iowa law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to take effect Monday
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Iowa law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to take effect Monday

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa judge has ruled the state’s strict abortion law will take effect Monday, preventing most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant. There are limited circumstances under the Iowa law that would allow for abortion after six weeks of pregnancy: rape, if reported to law enforcement or a …

Iowa law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to take effect Monday
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Iowa law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to take effect Monday

LA Times  

Iowa’s strict abortion law is expected to take effect Monday, banning most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant. There are limited circumstances under the Iowa law that would allow for abortion after six weeks of pregnancy: rape, if reported to law enforcement or a health provider within 45 days; incest, if reported …

Kansas won't force providers to ask patients why they want abortions while a lawsuit proceeds
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Kansas won't force providers to ask patients why they want abortions while a lawsuit proceeds

The Independent  

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Kansas won’t force providers to ask patients why they want abortions while a lawsuit proceeds
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Kansas won’t force providers to ask patients why they want abortions while a lawsuit proceeds

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas isn’t enforcing a new law requiring abortion providers to ask patients why they want to terminate their pregnancies, as a legal challenge against that rule and other older requirements makes its way through the courts. The new law was supposed to take effect July 1 and would require providers to ask patients questions from a state …

Kansas’ top court bolsters a state right to abortion and strikes down 2 anti-abortion laws
6 months ago

Kansas’ top court bolsters a state right to abortion and strikes down 2 anti-abortion laws

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas’ highest court strongly reaffirmed Friday that the state constitution protects abortion access, striking down a ban on a common second-trimester procedure and laws regulating abortion providers more strictly than other health care providers. The court’s dissenting justice, widely seen as its most conservative, warned that Kansas is headed toward “a legal regime of unrestricted access to …

Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect
6 months, 1 week ago

Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect

Deccan Chronicle  

DES MOINES, Iowa: The Iowa Supreme Court said Friday the state’s strict abortion law is legal, telling a lower court to dissolve a temporary block on the law and allowing Iowa to ban most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy — before many women know they are pregnant. The 4-3 ruling is a win for Republican lawmakers, and Iowa …

Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect
6 months, 1 week ago

Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Supreme Court said Friday the state’s strict abortion law is legal, telling a lower court to dissolve a temporary block on the law and allowing Iowa to ban most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy — before many women know they are pregnant. The 4-3 ruling is a win for Republican lawmakers, and …

Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect
6 months, 1 week ago

Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect

LA Times  

Protesters and counterprotesters argue over a strict abortion ban in Iowa’s state Capitol in Des Moines last year. The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday said the state’s strict abortion law is legal, telling a lower court to dissolve a temporary block on the law and allowing Iowa to ban most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy — before many …

Iowa Supreme Court upholds state’s 6-week abortion ban
6 months, 1 week ago

Iowa Supreme Court upholds state’s 6-week abortion ban

CNN  

CNN — The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday to uphold the state’s abortion ban, which prohibits most abortions in the state as early as six weeks into pregnancy. Kim Reynolds celebrated the ruling Friday, saying she is glad the state’s high court “upheld the will of the people.” “As the heartbeat bill finally becomes law, we are deeply committed to …

Supreme Court stops short of saying doctors must save women's lives and health
6 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court stops short of saying doctors must save women's lives and health

Raw Story  

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the most recent abortion case mandating that doctors provide life-saving abortions if a pregnant woman is dying and in the event her health is in jeopardy. "An Idaho law prohibits abortions unless necessary to prevent a pregnant woman's death; the law makes no exception for abortions necessary to prevent grave harms to the woman's …

Supreme Court Allows Emergency Abortion Care In Idaho For Now
6 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Allows Emergency Abortion Care In Idaho For Now

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Supreme Court rejected an attack on emergency abortion care in Idaho in a Thursday morning ruling. Three Justices suggest, at least in this context, that States have free rein to nullify federal law.” “While this court dawdles and the country waits, pregnant people experiencing emergency medical conditions remain in a precarious position.” - Supreme Court Justice …

Supreme Court dismisses Idaho abortion challenge, allowing doctors to perform emergency abortions
6 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court dismisses Idaho abortion challenge, allowing doctors to perform emergency abortions

Salon  

On Thursday, The Supreme Court ruled that doctors are allowed to provide emergency abortions to stabilize a patient’s health and life, meaning Idaho’s near-total abortion ban does not take precedence over a federal law known as the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act The 6-3 opinion included three dissenting Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas, while three of …

It’s been two years since Roe v Wade was overturned. Here’s how far we’ve gone back
6 months, 2 weeks ago

It’s been two years since Roe v Wade was overturned. Here’s how far we’ve gone back

The Independent  

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Planned Parenthood asks judge to expand health exception to Indiana abortion ban
7 months, 1 week ago

Planned Parenthood asks judge to expand health exception to Indiana abortion ban

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Abortion providers are asking an Indiana trial judge this week to broaden access to abortions under the state’s near-total ban. The Indiana Supreme Court upheld the ban in June, ending a broader legal challenge brought by the same plaintiffs, but said the state’s constitution protects a women’s right to an abortion when her life or health is at …

Ohio voters approved reproductive rights. Will the state’s near-ban on abortion stand?
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Ohio voters approved reproductive rights. Will the state’s near-ban on abortion stand?

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A county judge could rule as early as Monday on Ohio’s law banning virtually all abortions, a decision that will take into consideration the decision by voters to enshrine reproductive rights in the state constitution. A group of abortion clinics sought to overturn the law even before voters approved Issue 1, which gives every person in Ohio …

US Supreme Court weighs Idaho's strict abortion ban in medical emergencies
8 months, 2 weeks ago

US Supreme Court weighs Idaho's strict abortion ban in medical emergencies

Hindustan Times  

By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung US Supreme Court weighs Idaho's strict abortion ban in medical emergencies WASHINGTON -The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday waded back into the battle over abortion access during arguments in a case pitting Idaho's strict Republican-backed abortion ban against a federal law that ensures that patients can receive emergency care. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, who …

When can doctors provide emergency abortions in states with strict bans? Supreme Court to weigh in
8 months, 2 weeks ago

When can doctors provide emergency abortions in states with strict bans? Supreme Court to weigh in

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Nearly two years after overturning the constitutional right to abortion, the Supreme Court will consider Wednesday how far state bans can extend to women in medical emergencies. Idaho says its law does have an exception for life-saving abortions, and it contends the Biden administration wants to define health emergencies more broadly to turn hospitals into “abortion enclaves.” Idaho …

Iowa asks state Supreme Court to let its restrictive abortion law go into effect
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Iowa asks state Supreme Court to let its restrictive abortion law go into effect

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa asked the state Supreme Court on Thursday to let its blocked abortion law go into effect and uphold it altogether, disputing abortion providers’ claims it infringes on women’s rights to exercise bodily autonomy. Most Republican-led states have limited abortion access following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, and 14 states have …

Lawsuit challenging Indiana abortion ban survives a state challenge
9 months ago

Lawsuit challenging Indiana abortion ban survives a state challenge

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Court of Appeals gave an incremental win Thursday to a group of residents suing the state over its near-total abortion ban, arguing that it violates a state law protecting religious freedom. Indiana’s near total abortion ban went into effect in August after the Indiana Supreme Court upheld it, ending a separate legal challenge. The appeals court …

Tennessee women fight to block state’s abortion ban after being denied treatment for dangerous pregnancies
9 months ago

Tennessee women fight to block state’s abortion ban after being denied treatment for dangerous pregnancies

The Independent  

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Florida's stricter ban on abortions could put more pressure on clinics elsewhere
9 months ago

Florida's stricter ban on abortions could put more pressure on clinics elsewhere

Associated Press  

The drive to Bristol, Virginia, from Jacksonville, Florida, takes more than eight hours. “I think that Florida will just become another one of the states that we serve.” On Monday, the Florida Supreme Court upheld the state’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. That step allows another, stricter ban to take effect on May 1, making abortion illegal …

Bill that would have placed the question of abortion access before Louisiana voters fails
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Bill that would have placed the question of abortion access before Louisiana voters fails

Associated Press  

— A bill that ultimately would have let voters decide whether abortions should be legal in Louisiana, a state with a near-total ban, failed after a Republican-controlled committee rejected it Monday. The legislation proposed an amendment to Louisiana’s constitution that would enshrine reproductive rights for women, including allowing contraceptives such as birth control, access to abortions and infertility treatments. Freeman …

Ban on gender-affirming care for minors allowed to take effect in Indiana
10 months, 1 week ago

Ban on gender-affirming care for minors allowed to take effect in Indiana

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — A federal appeals court on Tuesday allowed Indiana’s ban on gender-affirming care to go into effect, removing a temporary injunction a judge issued last year. Hanlon’s order also blocked provisions that would prohibit Indiana doctors from communicating with out-of-state doctors about gender-affirming care for their patients younger than 18. Representatives from Indiana University Health Riley Children’s Hospital, the …

Iowa’s abortion providers now have some guidance for the paused 6-week ban, if it is upheld
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Iowa’s abortion providers now have some guidance for the paused 6-week ban, if it is upheld

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa’s medical board on Thursday approved some guidance abortion providers would need to follow if the state’s ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy is upheld by the Iowa Supreme Court. The rules instruct physicians to make “a bona fide effort to detect a fetal heartbeat” by performing a transabdominal pelvic ultrasound “in …

North Dakota judge won’t block part of abortion law doctors say puts them at risk of prosecution
11 months, 2 weeks ago

North Dakota judge won’t block part of abortion law doctors say puts them at risk of prosecution

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — A North Dakota judge ruled Tuesday that he won’t block a part of a state law that doctors say puts them at risk of prosecution if they perform an abortion to save a patient’s life or health. The request asked the judge to bar the state from enforcing the law against physicians who use their “good-faith medical …

Supreme Court allows Idaho to continue enforcing ban on emergency abortions
1 year ago

Supreme Court allows Idaho to continue enforcing ban on emergency abortions

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The Supreme Court is allowing Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban, even in medical emergencies
1 year ago

The Supreme Court is allowing Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban, even in medical emergencies

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday allowed Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban, even in medical emergencies, while a legal fight continues. In a statement Friday night, President Joe Biden objected to the high court’s decision and said his administration “will continue to defend a woman’s ability to access emergency care under federal law.” Idaho makes it a …

A judge is considering Wyoming abortion laws, including the first explicit US ban on abortion pills
1 year ago

A judge is considering Wyoming abortion laws, including the first explicit US ban on abortion pills

Associated Press  

— Attorneys for both sides in a challenge to Wyoming abortion restrictions that include the nation’s first explicit ban on medication to end pregnancy urged a judge Thursday to uphold or strike down the new laws without holding a trial. Wyoming’s abortion pill ban specifically bars any exception for “psychological or emotional conditions.” “When the state says they are trying …

Kentucky woman seeking court approval for abortion learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity
1 year ago

Kentucky woman seeking court approval for abortion learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity

Associated Press  

FRANKFORT, Ky. — A pregnant woman in Kentucky who filed a lawsuit demanding the right to an abortion has learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity, her attorneys said Tuesday. “Jane Doe sought an abortion in Kentucky, and when she could not get one, she bravely came forward to challenge the state’s abortion ban,” ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project deputy …

Court pauses federal policy allowing abortion clinic operators to get grants -- but only in Ohio
1 year, 1 month ago

Court pauses federal policy allowing abortion clinic operators to get grants -- but only in Ohio

The Independent  

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Court pauses federal policy allowing abortion clinic operators to get grants -- but only in Ohio
1 year, 1 month ago

Court pauses federal policy allowing abortion clinic operators to get grants -- but only in Ohio

Associated Press  

A federal appeals court has paused enforcement of a federal government regulation that allows abortion providers to receive federal family planning money — but only in Ohio, where state health officials said the policy took money away from them. Since 1981, federal policy has changed several times regarding whether programs receiving family planning funds can provide abortions or refer patients …

Kansas to appeal ruling blocking abortion rules, including a medication restriction
1 year, 1 month ago

Kansas to appeal ruling blocking abortion rules, including a medication restriction

The Independent  

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Oklahoma Supreme Court keeps anti-abortion laws on hold while challenge is pending
1 year, 1 month ago

Oklahoma Supreme Court keeps anti-abortion laws on hold while challenge is pending

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Supreme Court reiterated its position on Tuesday in a 5-4 opinion that the state constitution guarantees a woman’s right to an abortion when necessary to preserve her life, although the procedure remains illegal in virtually all other cases. “We are grateful that the Oklahoma Supreme Court recognized how these laws are medically baseless and threaten …

Abortion providers seek to broaden access to the procedure in Indiana
1 year, 1 month ago

Abortion providers seek to broaden access to the procedure in Indiana

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Abortion providers and a pregnancy resource center sought a preliminary injunction Thursday to broaden the scope of a health or life exception to Indiana’s near-total abortion ban and to expand the sites where the procedures can be performed. The plaintiffs include the Planned Parenthood Federation of America; Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai’i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky; another past abortion …

Indiana attorney general reprimanded for comments on doctor who provided rape victim’s abortion
1 year, 2 months ago

Indiana attorney general reprimanded for comments on doctor who provided rape victim’s abortion

Associated Press  

— Indiana’s attorney general violated professional conduct rules in statements he made about a doctor who provided an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio in the weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last summer, according to a court opinion filed Thursday. The Indiana Supreme Court’s disciplinary commission found Todd Rokita, a Republican who opposes …

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