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January 9, 2006

Indiana bill would make abortion illegal

A bill filed this week in the Indiana House would make abortion illegal--even for victims of rape and incest. How lovely.

House Bill 1096, proposed by Rep. Troy A. Woodruff, would only allow for abortion if a woman’s health or life would be “permanently impaired.” The bill would make it a felony to perform any other abortions; doctors who did could face up to eight years in prison.

An extra scary tidbit:

Woodruff said the issue should have been left up to the states, and he's hoping a newly constituted Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice John Roberts and with the possible addition of Samuel Alito, will decide the abortion issue differently than the 1973 court did.

Here’s Woodruff’s contact info, if you’re so inclined.

Posted by at January 9, 2006 3:44 PM

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Comments

We here in VA better watch out since it seems we are into copying Indiana's laws....

Posted by: a nut at January 11, 2006 11:16 AM

ack. well, if the fight is gonna go down, it may as well go down in my home state.

these crazy nutbags are on my turf. bring it...

Posted by: sapphic_beats at January 14, 2006 5:21 PM