Abortion Recusals Raise Questions About Reasons Judges Opt Out

Welcome back to Opening Argument, a reported column where I dig into interesting legal disputes and questions of law. On tap today, a look at the recent judicial recusals in a battle over Indiana’s strict new abortion law.

Abortion providers filed a lawsuit at the end of August to block an Indiana law that bans nearly all abortions in the state.

Within eight days, two state court judges separately refused to be the one to hear it.

Neither judge gave an explanation for their recusal. Nor would their chambers discuss it when a Bloomberg Law reporter called last week to ...