Indiana Senate passes abortion ban, makes performing process level-five felony

Indiana's state Senate handed its abortion ban Saturday by 26 to twenty votes.

Consequently, docs who carry out abortions may very well be charged with a level-five felony until the abortion is carried out for a mom whose life is at risk or who has been a sufferer of rape or incest. Even within the case of rape, there should be a signed affidavit testifying to the crime, and the abortion can solely be carried out inside 8 weeks. Abortion clinics are additionally prohibited from performing surgical abortions.

Ten Republican senators voted in opposition to the invoice, whereas the 26 who voted in favor had been all Republican senators. They debated the invoice from roughly 11 a.m. Saturday, when protesters crowded the halls of their chamber.

PRO-LIFERS ARE EAGER TO VOTE; ABORTION MAY NOT BE DEMOCRATS' LIFELINE

On Thursday, an modification to take away the exception of moms who're victims of rape and incest failed 28-18.

This newest invoice makes Indiana the thirteenth state to make abortion procedures a felony. Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah all have comparable legal guidelines, though Utah noticed a district choose quickly block its ban.

Subsequent, the invoice can be examined by the Home, the place there are 71 Republican representatives to 29 Democrats.