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Pence signs bill to regulate clinics using abortion drugs
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Republican Gov. Mike Pence signed a bill Wednesday that will put stricter regulations on clinics administering abortion-inducing drugs as Planned Parenthood officials said they’re considered a suit to challenge the new law. The group has said the legislation will likely force it to end abortion services at a clinic [...]
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Sen. Donnelly announces he now supports same-sex marriage
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly announced on Friday that he now supports “marriage equality for all,” switching a position against same-sex unions that he had reiterated last year when he ran for office. Donnelly becomes one of the last Senate Democrats to announce his support for same-sex marriage. Donnelly said [...]
House passes bill to regulate drug-induced abortions
By Samm Quinn TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Lawmakers passed an emotionally charged bill Tuesday that would put stricter regulations on clinics administering the abortion-inducing drug RU-486. Senate Bill 371 – which requires the clinics to be built to handle surgeries, even if they don’t perform them – now moves back to the Senate, where the bill’s [...]
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Committee approves new requirements for clinics administering abortion-inducing drugs
By Megan Banta TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – A House committee Wednesday passed a bill that would change the definition of abortion in Indiana to include those procedures done with drugs, which means even non-surgical clinics would be required to meet surgical standards. The Public Policy Committee amended the provisions into Senate Bill 371, a bill that [...]
Senate passes bill to require ultrasounds for drug-induced abortions
By Samm Quinn TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Senate voted Monday to pass a bill that would require women to receive an ultrasound before receiving the abortion drug RU486. Senate Bill 371 also requires a clinic that dispenses an abortion-inducing drug would have to meet the same standards, both in care and facility, as a [...]
Senate alters bill to require one – not two – ultrasounds for drug-induced abortions
By Tim Grimes TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – The Senate voted Monday to eliminate one of the two ultrasounds that would be required for women using drugs for an abortion under legislation now set for a Senate vote. Senate Bill 371 requires that a clinic that dispenses an abortion-inducing drug – known as RU486 – would have [...]
Two bills that add regulations to abortions headed to full Senate
By Megan Banta TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – After two hours of testimony Wednesday morning, a Senate committee passed two controversial bills supported by Indiana Right to Life that add new regulations for abortion providers. As amended Wednesday, Senate Bill 489 would require that clinics give women color images – rather than black and white illustrations – [...]
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Bosma, Long postpone marriage amendment discussion, say they’ll wait for SCOTUS decision
By Samm Quinn TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Legislative leaders announced Thursday that they will wait until 2014 to discuss amending the Indiana Constitution to ban same-sex marriage and restrict civil unions. Senate President Pro Tem David Long, R-Fort Wayne, and House Speaker Brian Bosma, R-Indianapolis, said their caucuses decided to postpone action on the proposal because [...]
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Leaders to announce fate of marriage amendment this week
By Samm Quinn TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Legislative leaders said a decision on the fate of a controversial constitutional amendment to ban same sex marriage will come this week. Radio report Leaders of the House and Senate said Thursday that there will be a decision on the direction of a proposed amendment to define marriage as [...]
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Bosma: Marriage amendment isn’t a priority
By Olivia Covington TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – The Republican leaders of the Indiana House and Senate both said a constitutional same-sex marriage ban won’t be found on their list of priorities for this year’s legislative session. Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma, R-Indianapolis, on Thursday told reporters he has not decided whether the proposed amendment will get [...]
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