Lawmakers convene to introduce a near-total ban, just weeks after a 10-year-old had traveled to Indiana to receive an abortion unavailable in her home state. MsReads via 19thnews
State Sen. Sue Glick, a Republican and author of the first bill, known as Senate Bill 1, said: “Many in the pro-life movement have long believed in exceptions to abortion restrictions for life of the mother, and that exception is included in the bill. In addition, we recognize that there are heartbreaking cases where, because of violence committed against women and young girls, we have provided for some additional exception.
If the proposed legislation is passed unchanged, Indiana would be one of at least eight states to ban abortion from conception, according to the Guttmacher Institute. Unlike Indiana’s proposed legislation, however, many don’t have any exceptions to their bans. In Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri, South Dakota and Texas, for instance, haveWhen Senate Republicans announced their proposed bill, Democratic legislators were quick to condemn any restrictions to abortion.
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