Janice Hopkins Tanne New YorkThe US state of Indiana will ban abortions after 15 September 2022 except in cases of rape, incest, fatal fetal anomaly, or a serious risk to the health or life of the pregnant patient. It is the first state to pass such a ban since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, the 1973 decision legalising abortion, in June of this year. Indiana is the state where a 10 year old girl, pregnant after rape, was taken for an abortion last month when it was too late for her to be treated in her home state of Ohio.1 A midwestern state with a population of about 6.8 million, it usually votes Republican. Indiana’s law, known as Senate Bill 1,2 was passed by the state’s senate and …

Source: Washington Post August 10, 2022 15:10 UTC