By Aaron Miller-
Indiana abortion clinic operators filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block the state’s near-total ban on abortions.
The lawsuit filed in a Monroe County court states that the ban “strips away the fundamental rights of people seeking abortion care” in violation of the Indiana Constitution. It argues the law “will infringe on Hoosiers’ right to privacy, violate Indiana’s guarantee of equal privileges and immunities, and includes unconstitutionally vague language.”
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The Indiana law which permits abortions in cases of rape and incest, before 10 weeks post-fertilization to protect the life and physical health of the mother, provides a more rational balance to the controversial law established by the U.S Supreme Court’s overturning of the Roe v Wade precedent on abortions. Indiana law also permits exceptions for a fetus is diagnosed with a lethal anomaly.
Indiana’s Legislature approved the modified abortion restrictions three weeks ago, in response to the more rigid and inflexible laws in others states which have been heavily criticised for its heavy handedness and unreasonableness.
Under the law, abortions can be performed only in hospitals or outpatient centers owned by hospitals, severely restricting where abortions can be performed. Doctors who perform illegal abortions are liable to be stripped of their state medical licenses , and could face felony criminal charges punishable by up to six years in prison.
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The leader of Indiana’s most prominent anti-abortion group argued the state constitution protects life as among the “inalienable rights.”
“We are confident the state will prevail and pray the new law is not blocked from going into effect on September 15, knowing that any delay will mean the indiscriminate killing of unborn children will continue at abortion clinics across Indiana,” Indiana Right to Life CEO Mike Fichter said in a statement
The ban in Indiana came after the uproar over a 10-year-old rape victim who travelled to the state from neighbouring Ohio to end her pregnancy. The case highlighted the irrationality in a law that fails to protect very young victims of deplorable crimes like rape, exposing the flaw in the current state of law surrounding abortion in America.
Several states have adopted the U,S Supreme Court’s ruling prohibiting abortions in the U.S, but left to the discretion of independent states in their application of the law/
The leader of Indiana’s most prominent anti-abortion group argued the state constitution protects life as among the “inalienable rights.”
“We are confident the state will prevail and pray the new law is not blocked from going into effect on September 15, knowing that any delay will mean the indiscriminate killing of unborn children will continue at abortion clinics across Indiana,” Indiana Right to Life CEO Mike Fichter said in a statement.
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