On Sept. 22, an Indiana judge blocked the state’s abortion ban, putting the new law on hold as abortion-clinic operators argue that it violates the state constitution, NPR reported.
Owen County Judge Kelsey Hanlon issued a preliminary injunction against the ban that took effect one week ago.
Hanlon wrote “there is [a] reasonable likelihood that this significant restriction of personal autonomy offends the liberty guarantees of the Indiana Constitution” and that the clinics will win the lawsuit.
Indiana’s Republican-dominated legislature approved the ban on Aug. 5, with GOP Gov. Eric Holcomb signing it. That made Indiana the first state to enact tighter abortion restrictions since the U.S. Supreme Court eliminated federal abortion protections by overturning Roe v. Wade in June.