Indiana has approved a near-total ban on abortion that will take effect Sept. 15, the latest domino to fall from the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and let states decide their own rules.
Likely all of them were disappointed with the bill passed Friday, which bans abortion except in cases of rape, incest, fatal fetal anomalies and when the life of the pregnant person is at danger.
Anti-abortion groups have opposed SB 1 because of the few cases in which it would still allow abortion. Last week, Indiana Right to Life said it"did not wait 50 years for the full reversal of Roe vs. Wade for this."in the House attempted to remove exceptions to the abortion ban in cases of rape and incest. That effort failed, as it did last week in the Senate.
"After everything I've been through in my life ... it took me getting to the Statehouse for my colleagues to call me a murderer," Pack said, raising her voice."Sir, I am not a murderer. And my sisters are not murderers, either. We are pro-choice. That is what we are ... We believe we have command over our own bodies."
Visit Indy said that conventions and major trade shows have reached out for"clarification on what's happening with the bill and how it's moving."
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