WHAT IS THE STATUS OF INDIANA’S 2022 ABORTION LAW IN LIGHT OF THE RULING BY THE INDIANA SUPREME COURT IN MEMBERS OF THE MED. LICENSING BD. OF IND. V. PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREAT NORTHWEST, DECIDED ON JUNE 30, 2023?
The Indiana Supreme Court made three very significant rulings in this case. Firstly, the court held that the Indiana Constitution does not include a constitutional right of a woman to have an abortion. Secondly, the court held that the Indiana General Assembly has the power to limit abortions so long as the law allows a woman to have an abortion to protect her life or health. Thirdly, the state has a legitimate interest in protecting prenatal life. The court did not preclude other challenges to the 2022 abortion law, but held that the statute, as a whole, is not unconstitutional.
Another case making its way through the Indiana courts includes a claim that the 2022 abortion law violates a woman’s freedom of religion. In other words, if a woman has a good faith belief that her religion allows abortion, the plaintiffs in that case claim that Indiana’s abortion law violates her right to have an abortion. The outcome of that case will not be known for a while; but given the recognition by the Indiana Supreme Court that the Indiana legislature has the power to protect unborn children, it will be interesting to see how the court will balance a woman’s religious freedom (if it agrees that such freedoms permit abortions) with the state’s interest in protecting an unborn child.
Regardless of one’s feelings about abortion, a woman with an unplanned pregnancy or untimely pregnancy should, at least, explore adoption as an alternative to parenting or aborting the child.
If you would like more information about adoption, we, at Adoption Attorneys Kirsh & Kirsh, P.C. (“Kirsh & Kirsh”) — or the “Kirsh Boys,” as the adoption attorneys at Kirsh & Kirsh are sometimes called – Steve, and his brothers, Joel and Rob, and his son, Grant, pride ourselves on answering questions about adoption and explaining the process without pressure or judgment.
The four adoption attorneys at Kirsh & Kirsh have over 100 years of combined legal experience arranging adoptions. Kirsh & Kirsh has been in existence since 1981. As attorneys, we at Kirsh & Kirsh, have very high standards for the prospective adoptive parents we choose to represent. All our waiting families are carefully screened and thoroughly investigated. We will arrange for you to have contact with the family you choose on your terms, without families trying to reach you at all hours of the day or night.
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There is always a family waiting to love your child. We have lots of family options from which you can choose, all of whom are wonderful, carefully screened, loving families FROM INDIANA AND ALL OVER THE COUNTRY (married, single, Lesbian, and Gay) who cannot wait to welcome a baby into their hearts and homes and are happy to assist with living expenses to the fullest extent allowed by law. You make all the choices about which family adopts your baby and the extent of contact you want after the child’s birth.
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