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Indiana becomes the first state to pass an anti-abortion law following the US Supreme Court ruling

2022-08-06T10:49:39.315Z


The rule allows exceptions in case of rape, incest, lethal malformations or serious risk to the mother


Indiana has become this Friday the first of the 50 US states to pass a law to restrict access to abortion after the Supreme Court overturned the 1973 ruling, known as

Roe v. Wade

, which protected that right at the national level. federal law and left regulation in the hands of the states.

After the sentence of last June, numerous States have prohibited abortion, but until now all had done so by applying previously approved laws.

The law has been signed by the state governor, Eric Holcomb, and will take effect on September 15.

The initiative was rejected en bloc by the Democrats of the two chambers of the state parliament, but it could be approved because the Republicans have a majority in Indiana, a state where 72% of the population is Christian, according to data from the Pew Center.

A total of 28 senators have supported the measure, compared to 19 who have spoken out against it.

Meanwhile, in the House of Representatives, 62 members have voted in favor and 38 have rejected it.

“These actions followed long days of hearings filled with personal and sobering testimony from citizens and elected representatives on this emotional and complex issue.

As a last resort,

Republicans in Indiana had been working on this bill for weeks, but they were divided: a majority wanted to completely ban abortion while a minority believed that some exceptions should be established in the case of rape or incest.

Finally, exceptions were included for rape, incest and also in case the fetus has abnormalities that make its survival impossible or the life of the mother is in danger.

Until now, abortion was legal in Indiana up to 22 weeks gestation.

This new legislation marks that abortions can only be performed in hospitals, therefore, causing abortion clinics to lose their license, as reported by

ABC News

.

In late June, the conservative-majority Supreme Court struck down

Roe v. Wade

, ending federal protections for abortion and giving states permission to set their own rules.

Indiana's decision comes after voters in Kansas this week voted overwhelmingly in a referendum in favor of keeping the right to abortion intact as it is currently regulated in the State Constitution, in what was a resounding defeat for voters. conservatives.

Nine other states in the US have laws that almost totally ban abortion, according to the Guttmacher Institute, dedicated to reproductive rights research.

Source: elparis

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