The Indiana Supreme Court issued an order on Oct. 12 that bars the state from enforcing a near-total abortion ban while the court considers whether the ban is in violation of the state’s constitution.
It comes after a judge blocked the new abortion ban on Sept. 22, putting it on hold temporarily amid ongoing litigation.
State Attorney General Todd Rokita, a Republican, appealed to the Indiana Supreme Court to lift the preliminary injunction, as well as to take over the case, bypassing the typical intermediate step of it being considered by the state appeals court.
“Planned Parenthood can present no textual or historical argument in support of a right to abortion, and the Indiana Supreme Court rightly concluded that it needs to resolve the issue right away,” Rokita said in a statement….