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Senate Enrolled Act 340, which passed in this year’s short session of the Indiana Legislature, would increase the reporting requirements for women seeking an abortion, increase the inspections and standards of health clinics which perform abortions, and level criminal charges against physicians who fail to fully disclose patient complications resulting from an abortion. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, along …

Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky filed a lawsuit against the Indiana State Department of Health this morning. The suit is a challenge to the constitutionality of Senate Enrolled Act 340. The law, passed earlier this year, imposing new requirements on abortion providers. It also compels all doctors to report any medical complications that occur during or after an abortion. …

Governor Eric Holcomb signed a bill increasing regulations on abortion clinics yesterday; Students in the Monroe County Community School Corporation joined in protests across the world this weekend; The city of Martinsville has filed a class-action lawsuit against nine different opioid manufacturers; FEATURE Bloomington tech innovator and angel investor Pat East went from being a self-described “worst English major ever at Wabash …

A bill increasing the regulations on abortion providers and women seeking an abortion, is now on Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb’s desk. Senate Bill 340 increases the licensing and inspection requirements for abortion providers and clinics. It also increases the data the state collects on women seeking an abortion, requiring them to report abortion complications to the Indiana State Department of …

Last month, a US District Court judge granted a temporary injunction against Indiana’s new state law allowing judges to notify the parents of a minor girl when she is seeking an abortion. Current Indiana law already requires a minor who does not have parental consent for an abortion to petition the court for the right to have the procedure. The …

Monroe County Election Board representative Carolyn VandeWiele seeks to reassure voters that state law protects their privacy; The city will close the B-Line Trail on Tuesday to apply herbicide along its path; INDOT narrows I-69 Ohio River bridge crossing options to two. FEATURE Indiana’s new law allowing judges to notify parents of minor girls’ attempts to undergo abortions has been …

A federal judge has blocked an Indiana law that would have required women to undergo an ultrasound at least 18 hours before an abortion. House Enrolled Act 1337 went into effect last year. It added the 18 hour requirement to the state’s existing ultrasound requirement. Previously, it was possible for women to have the ultrasound and the abortion procedure on …

Bloomington is about to conduct what officials believe is the city’s first ever community-wide scientific survey; The Indiana House of Representatives has drafted a new bill regarding abortion, and activist organizations have started to resist; The City Council gave its final approval for a four-year collective bargaining agreement between the City of Bloomington and Professional Firefighters Local 586; The extension …