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The law limits abortion to only hospitals and surgical centers owned by hospitals – and specifically bans abortion clinics. The health care organizations argue that’s unlawful discrimination under the state constitution.

Some Indiana lawmakers and health care professionals are continuing calls for better access to birth control, less than a month before the state’s near-total abortion ban takes effect.

One member of Indiana Two-Way from South Bend was curious about how this might affect their access to lupus medication – which can also be used to medically induce abortions.

Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb said the measure “fulfills what I set out to accomplish when calling the General Assembly into special session” and establishes “long overdue increased funding” for families and young children.

Indiana Republican lawmakers voted Friday to force thousands more people to give birth every year in a state with some of the worst maternal and infant mortality rates in the country.

Hoosier taxpayers are set to receive $200 checks after state lawmakers appear to have reached an agreement on an inflation relief package.

The Republican-dominated House voted 61-39 to defeat an amendment that would have removed those exceptions, though a majority of GOP members wanted their removal.

In 2015, Gen Con’s threat to move out of state helped prompt Indiana lawmakers to amend the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, a bill that critics said would allow discrimination against LGBTQ people.

Lawmakers in the Senate raised concerns that sending checks checks could contribute to inflation, and instead proposed a temporary suspension of sales taxes on both utility bills and gasoline.

After the House committee change, the measure, SB 1 (ss), bans all abortions with the exceptions of cases when the life – and, now, "physical health" – of the pregnant person are at risk.