Judge blocks Indiana abortion ban week after it took effect

Judge blocks Indiana abortion ban week following it took effect

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana judge on Thursday blocked the state's abortion ban from actuality enforced, putting the new rules and regulations on clasp while abortion clinic operators argue that it violates the condition constitution.

Owen County Judge Kelsey Hanlon issued a preliminary injunction opposed to the ban that took effect one week ago. The injunction was sought by abortion clinic operators who argued inside a legal action that the condition constitution protects access to the medical procedure.

The ban was approved by the state's Republican-dominated Legislature on Aug. 5 with every one other accompanied by signed by GOP Gov. Eric Holcomb. That made Indiana the earliest condition to enact tighter abortion restrictions since the U.S. Supreme Court eliminated confederate abortion protections by overturning Roe v. Wade inside June.

The judge wrote "there is reasonable likelihood that this significant restriction of personal autonomy offends the liberty guarantees of the Indiana Constitution" with every one other accompanied by that the clinics will prevail inside the lawsuit. The order prevents the condition from enforcing the ban pending a trial on the merits of the lawsuit.

The condition attorney general's office with every one other accompanied by top Republican legislative leaders didn't straight away remark on the order.

The ban, which includes restricted exceptions, replaced Indiana laws that normally prohibited abortions following the 20th week of gestation infrequent gravidity with every one other accompanied by tightly restricted them following the 13th week.

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The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, which is representing the abortion clinics, filed the legal action Aug. 31 with every one other accompanied by argued the ban would "prohibit the overwhelming majority of abortions inside Indiana and, while such, will have a devastating with every one other accompanied by irreparable impact on the plaintiffs and, additional importantly, their patients with every one other accompanied by clients."

Ken Falk, the ACLU of Indiana's legal director, pointed to the condition constitution's declaration of rights including "life, liberty with every one other accompanied by the pursuit of happiness" inside arguing earlier to the judge on Monday that it included a just to privacy with every one other accompanied by to build decisions on whether to have children.

The condition attorney general's office said the court of rules and regulations should uphold the ban, calling arguments opposed to it based on a "novel, unwritten, historically unsupported just to abortion" inside the condition constitution.

"The constitutional text nowhere mentions abortion, with every one other accompanied by Indiana has prohibited or laboriously regulated abortion by statute since 1835 — before, during, with every one other accompanied by following the hour dated when the 1851 Indiana Constitution was drafted, debated, with every one other accompanied by ratified," the office said inside a court of rules and regulations filing.

The Indiana abortion ban includes exceptions allowing abortions inside cases of rape with every one other accompanied by incest, earlier to 10 weeks post-fertilization; to retain protected from danger the existence with every one other accompanied by physical health of the mother; with every one other accompanied by if a fetus is diagnosed accompanied by a lethal anomaly.

The new rules and regulations too prohibited abortion clinics from providing some abortion care, leaving such services solely to hospitals or outpatient surgical centers owned by hospitals.

The legal action was filed inside southern Indiana's Monroe County, which includes the liberal-leaning city of Bloomington with every one other accompanied by Indiana University's main campus, nevertheless set of two elected Democratic judges from that county declined to hold the instance lacking stating some reasons.

Hanlon, a Republican from neighboring Owen County, accepted appointment while exceptional judge. Hanlon, who was earliest elected while a judge inside 2014, was among trio finalists that the condition Judicial Nominating Commission selected inside July for for appointment to the condition appeals court, nevertheless the manager last week named a different judge to the position.

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Wade decision that legalized abortion, collected location data, text messages, search histories, emails with every one other accompanied by seemingly innocuous time with every one other accompanied by ovulation-tracking apps could exist used \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/abortion-us-supreme-court-technology-health-e9ee1642747b91a49069cf2110857cef\">to prosecute people who seek an abortion\u003c/a> — or medical protected from danger keeping for a miscarriage — while well while those who assist them.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"In the digital age, this decision opens the door to rules and regulations enforcement with every one other accompanied by private bounty hunters seeking vast amounts of private facts from usual Americans," said Alexandra Reeve Givens, the president with every one other accompanied by CEO of the Center for Democracy with every one other accompanied by Technology, a Washington-based digital rights nonprofit. \u003c/p>\u003cp>WHY DID FACEBOOK TURN OVER THE MESSAGES? \u003c/p>\u003cp>Facebook owner Meta said it received a legal warrant from rules and regulations enforcement concerning the case, which did not allude to the word "abortion." 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This is too accurate if an app that collects your facts shares it accompanied by a third communal gathering that strength abuse it. \u003c/p>\u003cp>In 2017, a Black woman inside Mississippi named Latice Fisher was charged accompanied by second-degree murder following she sought medical protected from danger keeping for a gestation infrequent gravidity loss.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"While receiving protected from danger keeping from medical staff, she was too straight away treated accompanied by suspicion of committing a crime,\" secular rights attorney with every one other accompanied by Ford Foundation fellow Cynthia Conti-Cook wrote inside her 2020 paper, "Surveilling the Digital Abortion Diary." 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Generally, Big Tech policies propose the companies will comply accompanied by abortion-related facts requests unless they see them while overly broad. Meta, for instance, pointed to its online transparency report, which says "we comply accompanied by management requests for user details only where we have a good-faith belief that the rules and regulations requires us to do so." \u003c/p>\u003cp>Online rights advocates speak that's not enough. In the Nebraska case, for instance, neither Meta nor rules and regulations enforcement would have been intelligent to read the messages had they been "end-to-end encrypted" the way messages on Meta's WhatsApp work are protected by default. \u003c/p>\u003cp>"Meta must flip the switch with every one other accompanied by build end-to-end encryption a default inside all private messages, including on Facebook with every one other accompanied by Instagram. 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But within hours of announcing his proposal, Republican legislative leaders summarily rejected it while a political stunt.\u003c/p>\u003cp>It's the latest go by Evers to \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-abortion-health-congress-4be6df000de67933fcdabcd6f7b56a3d\">put pressure on Republicans\u003c/a> over abortion with every one other accompanied by retain the matter inside the spotlight ahead of the election. Polls have repeatedly shown that a majority of Wisconsin residents support abortion rights. Evers is inside a firm contest accompanied by Republican Tim Michels, who supports the state's ban, which has no indeed exceptions inside cases of rape or incest.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Wisconsin clinics stopped performing abortions following the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, while a legal fight plays not here to determine whether the state's pre-Civil War epoch abortion ban is inside effect.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>Evers has repeatedly used the tactic of calling exceptional sessions on hot-button political issues, including firearm jurisdiction with every one other accompanied by expanding Medicaid, to place Republicans on the spot. They have never acted on some of the exceptional meeting calls, including \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/abortion-us-supreme-court-health-wisconsin-legislature-d87dd99e81b5e14a10476814bffaa0da\">one inside June\u003c/a> to repeal the state's ban. \u003c/p>\u003cdiv id='afs:Card:575522641639' class='hub-peek-embed' content-id='2606b3fa23b943227cbf2d9f33c2ad11'>Hub peek embed (Abortion) - Compressed layout (automatic embed) \u003c/div>\u003cp>"Hopefully, voters see into and not here of his despairing political stunt,\" Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos with every one other accompanied by GOP Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu said inside a join statement rejecting Evers.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Still, lawmakers will have to formally convene with every one other accompanied by at that hour dated adjourn the exceptional meeting on Oct. 4 while called by Evers, giving Democrats another chance to hit Republicans on the issue.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"Right now, today, when it comes to reproductive freedom, the will of the people isn't the rules and regulations of the land nevertheless it damned well should be, folks," Evers said at a condition Capitol report conference surrounded by Democratic condition lawmakers.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Evers noted that Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson not long ago voiced support for having voters inside the condition ballot on adding exceptions to the state's abortion law. Johnson, who is too up for reelection inside November, supports exceptions for rape with every one other accompanied by incest that don't exist under the contemporaneous condition law.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Evers with every one other accompanied by his allies have been hitting Michels over his support of the state's abortion ban. Michels spokesperson Anna Kelly said Evers was trying to deflect from his record.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>"Evers doesn't want this election to exist a referendum on his position of employment show on crime, inflation, or education since he knows that people would reject his tired, elderly agenda," Kelly said.\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/2022-primary-elections-kansas-abortion-b6d62a852c2ce4617f2c03589fbb523e\">Kansas voters last month rejected\u003c/a> a ballot measure that would have allowed the Republican-controlled Legislature to tighten restrictions or ban abortion outright. \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/abortion-2022-midterm-elections-health-constitutions-michigan-supreme-court-620a6e4b963d7bb3152c20607da5e479\">Michigan voters\u003c/a> will resolve inside November whether to place the just to an abortion into the condition constitution.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Unlike other states, Wisconsin rules and regulations does not permit voters or the Legislature to place referendums on the ballot. 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They must exist approved inside set of two consecutive legislative sessions with every one other accompanied by at that hour dated exist approved by voters.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>The measure Evers is proposing is not specific to abortion, nevertheless while an alternative would permit for voters to place on the ballot proposals to reject laws passed by the Legislature with every one other accompanied by to enact new laws with every one other accompanied by constitutional amendments.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Evers too supports a legal action filed by Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul challenging the state's 1849 abortion law.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Last week, Kaul removed top Republican lawmakers from his \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/abortion-health-lawsuits-legislature-madison-0d60f74bfe6080c235fa2a4c3e583a68\">lawsuit to chunk enforcement\u003c/a> of the law. He replaced them accompanied by the neighbourhood attorneys of Dane, Milwaukee with every one other accompanied by Sheboygan counties. The go was designed to stop delays inside the lawsuit.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Milwaukee, Dane with every one other accompanied by Sheboygan counties were the only places inside the condition where abortions were taking place earlier to the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Kaul filed the legal action inside June, fair days following the court's ruling, arguing that a 1985 rules and regulations allowing abortions up to the point of a fetus' viability supersedes Wisconsin's 173-year-old ban on almost all abortions. 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John Kennedy with every one other accompanied by former Navy fighter airman Luke Mixon, a average Democrat — released TV ads Tuesday seeking to obtain additional supporters to the polls Nov. 8. \u003c/p>\u003cp>As Republicans fight for jurisdiction of the U.S. Senate, Kennedy released an ad touting his voting record, which he said includes bills to gash taxes, \"secure the border\" with every one other accompanied by "stand up to China." \u003c/p>\u003cp>"You have to watch what people do, not fair what they say," Kennedy, who is pursuing a following term, says inside the 30-second \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jZiTqtL8q4\">video\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Though Kennedy is the probable favorite with every one other accompanied by has the endorsement of former President Donald Trump, 12 other candidates are hoping to unseat the incumbent inside the closely watched race. \u003c/p>\u003cp>Among them is Mixon, a Louisiana native endorsed by fellow Democrat with every one other accompanied by Gov. 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The only exceptions are if there is substantial chance of demise or impairment to the patient if they carry on accompanied by with the gestation infrequent gravidity with every one other accompanied by inside the instance of "medically futile" pregnancies — when the fetus has a fatal abnormality. There are no indeed exceptions for rape or incest.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"Forcing rape victims to present with birth with every one other accompanied by risking women's lives are not the American values I fought to defend," Mixon said.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Among other Democratic candidates inside the contest are activist Gary Chambers Jr. — who drew national observation earlier this year for an online video ad that shows him smoking marijuana while decrying ethnic disparities inside medicine arrests — with every one other accompanied by Syrita Steib, who works to assist formerly incarcerated women reenter society.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>But challengers face an uphill battle opposed to Kennedy inside a condition where GOP candidates have dominated statewide elections. In addition, Kennedy has a growing war chest, last reporting $15.8 million on hand inside military operation funds. Based on the most recent reports from the Federal Election Commission, Mixon has almost $600,000 on hand. \u003c/p>\u003cp>The election could exist decided Nov. 8, while the condition has a distinctive jungle main system — if a candidate wins a majortity of votes case, additional than 50%, at that hour dated they come first in the election outright. 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But weeks away from their own competitive reelections, friends with every one other accompanied by foes alike acknowledged that such hard-line tactics have effectively refocused November's midterm elections — at least, temporarily — \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-abortion-south-carolina-general-lindsey-graham-d81ce581ab1a4c1e4af0ed3991796fdd\">away from abortion rights\u003c/a> with every one other accompanied by in the direction of an matter additional favorable to Republicans.\u003c/p>\u003cp>A defiant DeSantis on Tuesday blasted the Biden administration's inaction on the Southern border with every one other accompanied by celebrated his own policies for making unlawful \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/hub/immigration\">immigration\u003c/a> "a front-burner issue" ahead of the midterms.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>"It will exist a large matter inside the elections, I tin tell you that," DeSantis said. "It's by that hour dated made additional of an impact than anyone idea it could maybe make. But we're going to carry on accompanied by to build additional of an impact."\u003c/p>\u003cp>Indeed, DeSantis with every one other accompanied by Abbott are pressing forward accompanied by — with every one other accompanied by flat expanding on — contentious campaigns to ship thousands of immigrants from Texas to Democratic-led states with every one other accompanied by cities. Beyond shifting the national debate, their divisive moves could too work for to build strong their national brands — with every one other accompanied by assist legitimize their contentious policies — while they believe concerning 2024 presidential bids.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv id='afs:Card:575522641639' class='hub-peek-embed' content-id='56296b9482e2308f3b1e23203d4b9055'>Hub peek embed (Abortion) - Compressed layout (automatic embed) \u003c/div>\u003cp>"I personally idea it was a good idea,\" Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday.\u003c/p>\u003cp>The governors' rhetoric is reminiscent of former President Donald Trump's \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/elections-az-state-wire-tx-state-wire-united-states-north-america-c6e2c3894bf44ab8b422e80f916a8c4b\">dire warnings ahead of the 2018 midterms\u003c/a> that a migrant caravan threatened the Southern border. Trump's GOP lost 40 seats inside the House with every one other accompanied by gained set of two Senate seats that year. \u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/abortion-us-supreme-court-politics-health-colorado-84e4deede52fa2f5a17c81c8184604ba\">Democrats from Connecticut to California have generated momentum\u003c/a> inside recent weeks by campaigning on the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade — with every one other accompanied by the GOP's subsequent push to outlaw abortion inside dozens of states. Republicans, meanwhile, want to build the midterms a referendum on President Joe Biden with every one other accompanied by concerns concerning the economy, crime with every one other accompanied by immigration.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>This week, at least, immigration is leading the national debate.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"What they're doing is raising the salience with every one other accompanied by relevance of the immigration issue, which is important to Republican voters with every one other accompanied by tin assist operate turnout," said former soldierold hand Republican pollster Neil Newhouse. "For the voters we're appealing to, for the most part, the benefits outweigh the risks by a considerable margin."\u003c/p>\u003cp>There are real risks, however, mainly for DeSantis, who has taken praise for \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/texas-new-york-florida-united-states-661f3489e74847bee88740fec40fe17c\">two weekend charter planes\u003c/a> that carried concerning 50 migrants \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/florida-immigration-ron-desantis-charlie-baker-massachusetts-7e97720aceae5d70f137ece06851f3fc\">from Texas to Martha's Vineyard\u003c/a>, a small, wealthy island off Massachusetts' coast. The immigrants were told they were going to Boston.\u003c/p>\u003cp>A Texas sheriff on Monday \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/texas-florida-immigration-ron-desantis-san-antonio-fc33092bca2af532841e583b73e24b7f\">opened an investigation into DeSantis' flights\u003c/a>, though the rules and regulations enforcement official, an elected Democrat, did not speak what laws may have been broken inside putting 48 Venezuelans on private planes from San Antonio, the earliest place an extremity to for numerous migrants who cross the border.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/boston-lawsuits-florida-immigration-ron-desantis-4800e7b7b1e484205c3d94c6d74eb9c8\">A legal action was filed Tuesday opposed to DeSantis\u003c/a> with every one other accompanied by his transportation secretary on behalf of some of the migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard, alleging the set of two politicians engaged inside a \"fraudulent with every one other accompanied by discriminatory scheme" to relocate them. DeSantis' office didn't straight away respond to a appeal for comment.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Rep. Joaquin Castro, a Democrat who represents San Antonio, has called on the Justice Department to inquire into the flights while well. \u003c/p>\u003cp>"These guys are immature, sadistic Trump imitators. That's what they are," Castro said of Abbott with every one other accompanied by DeSantis. "This is sadistic behavior. Whatever political point they were trying to build has been made a lengthy hour dated ago."\u003c/p>\u003cp>DeSantis, who has stepped up journey on behalf of GOP candidates inside the midterm elections, vowed to pay not here "every penny" of $12 million place to one side by the condition legislature for such "relocation programs." On Tuesday, local officials inside a Delaware population near to Biden's vacation place of residence were preparing to receive another one of DeSantis' planes filled of migrants from Texas, although the Florida manager refused to corroborate the development.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>Despite fierce censure with every one other accompanied by potential legal liabilities, there has been little proof of widespread political backlash inside either state.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Democratic sympathizers inside Florida staged report conferences inside recent days condemning the governors while others compared DeSantis to late Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Spanish radio. But the number of Venezuelan voters inside the condition remains relatively small. Much of the population that exists has formed a coalition accompanied by Cubans, a crucial bloc inside Florida that has increasingly voted Republican. \u003c/p>\u003cp>"Governors Abbott with every one other accompanied by DeSantis have had sufficient of it with every one other accompanied by decided to do something for people to pay attention," said Ernesto Ackerman, a Republican who heads the Independent Venezuelan American Citizens. "This is a country of laws, not of scoundrels with every one other accompanied by tramps."\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>In Texas, Abbott has spent the past set of two years pushing a series of provocative immigration measures that have elevated his national side view with every one other accompanied by kept critics on his just at bay. The two-term manager converted a former prison near Texas' southern border into a prison for migrants, gave the National Guard extraordinary arrest powers with every one other accompanied by gridlocked some of America's busiest ports for a week by mandating additional inspections for 18-wheelers crossing into the U.S.\u003c/p>\u003cp>The Abbott management has been busing migrants to Washington, Chicago with every one other accompanied by New York City for months. The busing military operation includes set of two busloads of people who were \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/mexico-donald-trump-kamala-harris-immigration-ron-desantis-f9dcae99bdca91c1c874d68453a5960c\">dropped off external outside Vice President Kamala Harris' residence\u003c/a> last weekend.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Longtime Abbott counsellor Dave Carney said Texas would expand its operation this week to include new drop-off locations inside other states. \u003c/p>\u003cp>"We've been focused on this for set of two years. It's got nothing to do accompanied by politics. The communities are screaming bloody murder," Carney said, referring to border towns flooded accompanied by immigrants apprehended at the border with every one other accompanied by subsequently released.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Republicans cast the border crisis while a lack of success of the Biden administration. \u003c/p>\u003cp>The confederate management this week reported that \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/health-cuba-mexico-venezuela-immigration-3b99effa20c693515d2ef9047a9c5d95\">authorities stopped migrants 2.15 million times\u003c/a> from October into and not here of August, the earliest hour dated that measure has at some time topped 2 million with every one other accompanied by a 39% grow from the same time a year earlier.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Border crossings have been fueled partly by repeat crossers since there are no indeed legal consequences for getting caught under a pandemic-era regulation that denies a just to seek asylum. Even so, the numbers are extraordinarily high.\u003c/p>\u003cp>While Abbott with every one other accompanied by DeSantis have too highlighted their accomplishments on issues related to the economy, neither has taken steps to average their immigration policies while the November election nears. \u003c/p>\u003cp>Abbott is running opposed to former Democratic Rep. Beto O'Rourke, who has outraised Abbott inside a competition that represents the toughest be brave enough of the governor's political career.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Immigration remains a crucial matter for Democrats who have lengthy believed Texas' booming cities with every one other accompanied by shifting demographics would eventually turn America's biggest scarlet condition blue. But inside overwhelmingly Hispanic counties on the border, Republicans are making an aggressive amuse oneself for trio congressional seats this let fall following \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-race-and-ethnicity-virus-outbreak-27fe2a1e8dd84d2dadae893ceb824c39\">Trump made greatest gains inside the neighbourhood inside 2020\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003cp>It was a a large amount of the same inside South Florida, where Trump's GOP performed better than expected inside the last election. \u003c/p>\u003cp>DeSantis is running opposed to former Rep. Charlie Crist, whose military operation has charged inside recent days that the manager "shot himself inside the foot" by shipping immigrants from Texas to Massachusetts. The go sparked a fundraising surge for Crist that exceeded $1 million over a 48-hour period, according to spokesperson Samantha Ramirez.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Republican candidates on the November ballot don't seem worried.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"I believe it is a well founded maneuver to use inside order to try to wake up or at least divulge the hypocrisy of progressive Democrats that speak the border is firm with every one other accompanied by there's no indeed difficulty down here whatsoever," said Joseph Swiger, one of dozens of Republicans running for local office inside Texas border counties where the GOP seldom bothered to enlist candidates inside the past.\u003c/p>\u003cp>___\u003c/p>\u003cp>Peoples reported from New York; Weber reported from Austin, Texas. 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Eric Holcomb. That made Indiana the earliest condition to enact tighter abortion restrictions since the U.S. Supreme Court eliminated confederate abortion protections by overturning Roe v. Wade inside June.\u003c/p>\u003cp>The judge wrote "there is reasonable likelihood that this significant restriction of personal autonomy offends the liberty guarantees of the Indiana Constitution" with every one other accompanied by that the clinics will prevail inside the lawsuit. 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