Terminated Pregnancy Reports’ Release Blocked by Indiana Court

Indiana’s health commissioner may not release “terminated pregnancy reports” in response to requests made under the state’s public records act for at least the next ten days, an Indiana trial judge said.

The order temporarily prevents anti-abortion advocates from obtaining information about abortions that physicians are required to provide under state law. The reports are private medical records exempt from disclosure under the state’s Access to Public Records Act, Judge James A. Joven, of the Indiana Superior Court, Marion County, said Wednesday.

The case relates to a trend in which various anti-abortion states and entities are trying to get information ...