Indiana’s Abortion Complications Reporting Law Not Unduly Vague

An Indiana law requiring abortion providers to report complications to state authorities is constitutionally valid, because a reasonable person would understand what has to be reported, the Seventh Circuit said Monday.

The law doesn’t offend the constitutional “void-for-vagueness” doctrine, which requires criminal laws to define an offense with enough clarity that most people would be able to understand what conduct is prohibited, to avoid arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit said.

Indiana’s law requires providers to report 26 listed complications “arising from” an abortion, such as uterine perforation, infection, heavy bleeding, and ...