Indiana abortion complications law takes effect after federal court decision - Indiana Public Media
That’s after a federal appeals court decision that overturned earlier rulings that had struck down the law.
A 2018 law, SEA 340, requires doctors to report a list of 25 "complications … arising from" abortions, including "psychological complications" like anxiety. And they face criminal penalties if they fail to do so.
Multiple courts halted that law, ruling it was too broad and vague to enforce. Lawmakers narrowed the law in 2019, limiting some of the broad language. But the list of complications remained.
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A federal court still struck it down – until the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals recently decided to uphold the law, finally letting it take effect.
The appeals court still acknowledged that much of the law was vague. But it said because abortion providers challenged the law before it took effect, they had a harder time winning in court.
The court noted that, once the law takes effect, if abortion providers can show the measure is unconstitutionally harming them, the law could still be struck down.
ST. EVE, Circuit Judge. This appeal queries whether an In- diana statute that requires medical providers to report com- plications “arising from” abortions to the state is unconstitu- tionally vague on its face. Although the statute has some am- biguity, we conclude that Planned Parenthood has not shown
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