Supreme Court Reinstates Indiana Abortion Fetal-Burial Law

The U.S. Supreme Court’s strengthened conservative majority made its first move toward giving states more power to regulate abortion, as the justices upheld an Indiana law requiring clinics to bury or cremate fetal remains.

The justices ruled Tuesday that a federal appeals court was wrong to strike down the measure as unconstitutional. Only two justices -- Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor -- indicated publicly that they disagreed with the ruling. The court ruled without hearing arguments in the case.

The court, however, also said it won’t hear Indiana’s effort to revive a separate provision that would bar abortions based ...