The Indiana legislature passed SB 1, which limits abortion. In this video, I take an in-depth look at this bill.
Basically, this is what the bill does:
• Terminates the licensure of abortion clinics—abortions are only allowed in hospitals or hospital-owned facilities
• Specifies that the abortion statutes do not apply to in vitro fertilization
• Allows abortion in certain cases:
- Serious health risk to the mother
(20 weeks after fertilization) - Save the mother’s life
(20 weeks after fertilization) - Lethal fetal anomaly
(20 weeks after fertilization) - Rape or incest
(10 weeks after fertilization)
• A person does not have to be charged with or convicted with the crime of rape or incest
• Parental consent not necessary for a minor who is pregnant as a result of rape or incest by a parent, legal guardian, or custodian of the unemancipated minor
• Requires the revocation of a physician’s license for specified violations
• Limits the criminal liability for an abortion for:
- The pregnant mother
- A person who provides medical treatment in good faith to a pregnant woman that results in the accidental or unintentional termination of the pregnancy
- A physician who performs a medical procedure to terminate the pregnancy
• Requires the maternal mortality review committee to study how changes in the state’s abortion laws affect maternal mortality in Indiana and extends the committee until June 30, 2027
• Establishes the prosecutorial oversight task force and specifies duties of the task force
