Indiana Top Court Allows Near-Total Abortion Ban to Take Effect

Abortion is virtually illegal in Indiana after the state’s top court said Friday that a near-total ban doesn’t violate a fundamental right of access to the procedure in all circumstances.

The Indiana Constitution protects a person’s right to have an abortion to the extent that one is necessary to save their life or to protect them from a serious health risk, the Indiana Supreme Court said.

But the law enacted shortly after the US Supreme Court said in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that there’s no federal constitutional right to abortion, likely passes muster under the state document because ...