ACLU Appeal on Abortion Ban Denied

The Indiana Supreme Court denied the American Civil Liberties Union‘s request for an appeal on the state’s near-total abortion ban on Monday, allowing the strict abortion ban to take effect immediately in the Hoosier State.

On behalf of Planned Parenthood, ACLU attorneys petitioned the state’s high court on July 31 for an injunction against the state’s abortion statute until the court can hear the full case of the appeal on religious liberty grounds, which is scheduled for December.

Four of the five justices on the Court denied the injunction because the ACLU’s case did not “properly” explain how the current abortion statute will affect women with serious medical conditions or affect healthcare providers.

The state Supreme Court recently upheld the law under legal challenge on a 3-2 decision, which argued that the legislature has a broad authority to regulate abortion except in the instances in which an abortion is necessary to save the life of the mother. (Excerpt from the Washington Examiner.)