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Indiana Governor Urged to Veto Sweeping Anti-Choice Bill; Judge Blocks Restrictions in Arkansas

HeadlineMar 16, 2016

Indiana Republican Governor Mike Pence is facing calls to veto a sweeping anti-choice bill that would make Indiana the second state to ban abortions sought because of fetal disabilities. The measure also requires abortion providers to obtain hospital admitting privileges, requires women to have an ultrasound and listen to the fetal heartbeat 18 hours before an abortion, and mandates that fetal tissue be buried or cremated after an abortion or miscarriage, potentially imposing additional costs on women. A number of anti-choice, Republican women in the Indiana Legislature have denounced the measure as punitive and overreaching. Meanwhile, Florida lawmakers have passed a sweeping anti-choice bill that, among other provisions, redefines the trimesters of pregnancy and threatens to shut down clinics. In South Carolina, Governor Nikki Haley has indicated she plans to sign yet another anti-choice measure banning abortion at 20 weeks. But in a victory for reproductive rights, a federal judge has blocked Arkansas from enforcing its restrictions on medication abortions.

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