The validity of a law prohibiting abortions for reasons related to the fetus’s race, sex, ancestry, or possible disability is an issue “too important to put off to another day,” according to Indiana.
The state Dec. 18 renewed its push for the U.S. Supreme Court to review a federal appeals court decision that struck down the law, along with a companion provision regulating the disposal of human fetal remains.
The “eugenics” law prohibits a doctor from performing an abortion whenever “Indiana disapproves of” a woman’s reason for ending her pregnancy. Eugenics is the science of increasing desirable inheritable traits in ...
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