Indiana bill would make abortion illegal
Oh, Indiana. Wasn’t it enough to try to keep unmarried women from having babies?
A bill filed this week in the Indiana House would make abortion illegal--even for victims of rape and incest. How lovely.
House Bill 1096, proposed by Rep. Troy A. Woodruff, would only allow for abortion if a woman’s health or life would be “permanently impaired.” The bill would make it a felony to perform any other abortions; doctors who did could face up to eight years in prison.
Here’s Woodruff’s contact info, if you’re so inclined.
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Saw this one last night - according to Indiana code, the doctors would face up to $10,000 in fines in addition to 2-8 years in prison. According to an article I read in the Evansville Courier & Press, "he filed the bill in part because there will be a new U.S. Supreme Court and a state must pass a law and then appeal it to the highest court to see if the Roe v. Wade ruling will stand." So it seems that Woodruff is proposing this legislation not just to prevent abortion rights in Indiana, but in the hopes it will make it to the court and lead to the overturning of abortion rights nationwide.