The Win for Abortion Rights in Indiana Has Reshaped the National Legal Landscape

The ruling sets the stage for further free speech protections for those who help abortion seekers who cross state lines.

Image: Abortion rights activist at the Monroe County Courthouse during a protest vigil a few hours before Indiana’s near total abortion ban went into effect in Bloomington, Indiana, on September 15, 2022.Jeremy Hogan / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images

 

Lauren Rankin of Truthout reports: “The national legal landscape has become just a little bit brighter for those who have been working tirelessly to help abortion seekers in Republican-controlled areas cross state lines to access abortion care.

Reproductive rights advocates nationwide are hopeful that last week’s decision about an Indiana law by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals could potentially have wide-reaching implications for nationwide efforts to protect patients’ right to access abortion information and enable more health care providers to continue assisting abortion seekers…”

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