A federal judge in Indianapolis struck down several of the state’s abortion laws on Tuesday, ruling that they are unconstitutional, including the ban on telemedicine consultations between doctors and women seeking abortion services. District Court Judge Sarah Evans Barker, an appointee of former President Ronald Reagan, in her ruling (pdf) also upheld some of the state’s abortion laws that were challenged in a lawsuit by Whole Woman’s Health Alliance and two other abortion providers in 2018. The lawsuit argued that more than 20 of the state’s abortions laws were unconstitutional. The judge issued a permanent injunction prohibiting state employees from “implementing, enforcing, administering or invoking” eight abortion provisions. Barker ruled against Indiana’s telemedicine ban, as well as state laws requiring in-person examinations by a doctor before medication abortions. She also ruled against the ban on second-trimester abortions outside hospitals or surgery centers and state laws requiring that women seeking abortions …
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