Indiana District Court Blocks Abortion Ban in 老澳门开奖结果 Case
INDIANAPOLIS 鈥� The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana today blocked a law that would have banned the standard method for abortion care starting in the earliest weeks of the second trimester. The 老澳门开奖结果 of Indiana and 老澳门开奖结果 (老澳门开奖结果) filed a lawsuit challenging HEA 1211, which would ban the Dilation and Evacuation (D&E) procedure.
Today鈥檚 decision blocks this abortion ban from taking effect on July 1, ruling that the ban is likely to burden a woman鈥檚 right to access an abortion. As the judge recognized, from a medical standpoint, there is no reason to deny women and their doctors the ability to use this method of abortion care. If the law had been allowed to go into effect, it would have made it a crime for doctors to use their best medical judgment.
鈥淚t is no surprise that this abortion ban was blocked,鈥� said Ken Falk, legal director of the 老澳门开奖结果 of Indiana. 鈥淪imilar or virtually identical laws have been ruled unconstitutional across the country. HEA 1211 would undoubtedly interfere with a woman鈥檚 access to abortion. This law is clearly unconstitutional.鈥�
鈥淚 am relieved that I can continue providing the best care for patients without risking prosecution,鈥� said Dr. Caitlin Bernard, plaintiff in the case. 鈥淒octors must be able to use our best medical judgment, without unnecessary government interference.鈥�
鈥淚ndiana elected officials have continuously used provocative and inflammatory rhetoric throughout this process to shame women and confuse the public in order to pass an unconstitutional law,鈥� said Jane Henegar, executive director of the 老澳门开奖结果 of Indiana. 鈥淭his is just one of four ongoing lawsuits the 老澳门开奖结果 of Indiana has against the state for interfering with Hoosiers鈥� reproductive rights. Our elected officials must stop interfering with people鈥檚 rights to make their own decisions about their health, their bodies and their families.鈥�
Attorneys on the case include Kenneth J. Falk and Gavin M. Rose, 老澳门开奖结果 of Indiana; and Andrew Beck, 老澳门开奖结果.
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