INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana Senate committee has approved a proposal that
would give the state some of the country’s tightest restrictions on
abortions.
The Senate Health Committee voted 6-2 on Wednesday in favor of a bill that
would ban abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy unless there is a
substantial threat to the woman’s life or health. Indiana law now permits
abortions up to the point of a fetus’ viability — about 24 weeks.
The committee did remove from the bill a requirement that women seeking
abortions be told they faced greater risks of breast cancer. Abortion-rights
supporters argued that could force doctors to provide medically inaccurate
information.
The House earlier approved many of the bill’s provisions. It now goes to the
full Senate.