Post by pavel on Apr 9, 2016 0:42:06 GMT -6
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky are suing the state of Indiana over its recently signed law that bans abortions sought because of genetic abnormalities, calling the law unconstitutional.
The federal lawsuit filed Thursday also challenges a provision that mandates an aborted fetus be buried or cremated. It seeks an injunction to keep the law taking effect on July 1.
The legal action follows a concerted "Periods for Pence" campaign, in which women bombarded the office of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence with phone calls to explain their menstrual cycles, offer details of cramps and ask for gynecologist recommendations, in the hope of embarrassing the Republican into backing out of one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country.
ACLU of Indiana Legal Director Ken Falk said the U.S. Supreme Court "has repeatedly stressed" that the decision on whether to abort belongs to a woman, not the state.
Read more: www.meridianstar.com/news/nation_and_world/aclu-planned-parenthood-sue-indiana-over-new-abortion-law/article_cb15d0f0-fd8c-11e5-ab4f-0f641e69a055.html
The federal lawsuit filed Thursday also challenges a provision that mandates an aborted fetus be buried or cremated. It seeks an injunction to keep the law taking effect on July 1.
The legal action follows a concerted "Periods for Pence" campaign, in which women bombarded the office of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence with phone calls to explain their menstrual cycles, offer details of cramps and ask for gynecologist recommendations, in the hope of embarrassing the Republican into backing out of one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country.
ACLU of Indiana Legal Director Ken Falk said the U.S. Supreme Court "has repeatedly stressed" that the decision on whether to abort belongs to a woman, not the state.
Read more: www.meridianstar.com/news/nation_and_world/aclu-planned-parenthood-sue-indiana-over-new-abortion-law/article_cb15d0f0-fd8c-11e5-ab4f-0f641e69a055.html