All-Options v. Attorney General of Indiana
What's at Stake
This lawsuit, brought by a coalition of health care providers and a pregnancy resource center, challenges several recently enacted abortion restrictions in Indiana, including a measure forcing health care providers to share false and misleading information with their patients about 鈥渞eversing鈥 a medication abortion, a bogus claim that may lead some patients to end a pregnancy based on the mistaken belief that its effects can later be undone.
Summary
On June 30, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana granted plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction, blocking the restrictions from taking effect. The case is currently scheduled for trial in August 2023.
There is no scientific evidence that a medication abortion can be halted after a patient has taken the first medication and leading medical organizations these requirements. Forcing providers to give their patients this misinformation is both unethical and unconstitutional; courts in North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Tennessee have blocked similar restrictions.
The lawsuit also challenges a 2021 ban on patients鈥 ability to obtain medication abortion via telemedicine. A nearly identical ban is already being considered by a federal district court judge in separate litigation 鈥 Whole Woman鈥檚 Health Alliance v. Rokita 鈥 challenging a host of abortion restrictions in Indiana.
These are not the only legal challenges to the myriad obstacles and indignities Hoosiers face when they need an abortion. Indiana鈥檚 web of abortion restrictions includes various Targeted Regulation of Abortion Provider (鈥淭RAP鈥) laws; a ban on the standard method for abortion care starting in the earliest weeks of the second trimester; and a law restricting minors鈥 access to abortion.
The plaintiffs in this challenge include All-Options, Whole Woman鈥檚 Health Alliance, Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai鈥榠, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky, Women鈥檚 Med Group Professional Corporation and individual physicians. They are represented by the Lawyering Project, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the 老澳门开奖结果, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Indiana, and Katherine D. Jack of the Jack Law Office LLC. The case was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division.
Legal Documents
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06/30/2021
All-Options v. Attorney General of Indiana, Preliminary Injunction
Date Filed: 06/30/2021
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06/30/2021
All-Options v. Attorney General of Indiana, Order Granting Preliminary Injunction
Date Filed: 06/30/2021
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05/19/2021
All-Options v. Attorney General of Indiana - COMPLAINT
Date Filed: 05/19/2021