Indiana’s Parental Consent Abortion Law Blocked

Indiana’s parental consent abortion law was blocked by a federal judge only days before it was scheduled to take effect on July 1 (Planned Parenthood of Ind. & Ky., Inc., v. Comm’r, Ind. Stat Dep’t of Health, 2017 BL 223083, S.D. Ind., 1:17-cv-1636, 6/28/17).

The law required minor children to obtain parental consent or judicial approval before having an abortion. Judge Sarah Evans Barker of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana entered a June 28 order requiring state officials not to enforce that provision of the law, known as Senate Enrolled Act 404 (SEA ...