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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Jan 09, 2006 09:53am |
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| Category | Proposed Legislation |
| News Date | Monday, January 9, 2006 03:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Abortion would be illegal for most women in Indiana, including victims of rape and incest, under a bill filed this week in the Indiana House.
Indiana's legislators have chipped away at abortion for decades, imposing waiting periods and other restrictions, but the measure proposed by Rep. Troy A. Woodruff, R-Vincennes, is the first direct attempt in years to outlaw most abortions.
The only exception allowed under House Bill 1096 would be for women whose health or life would be permanently impaired if a pregnancy continued. The bill would define life as beginning at conception and make it a felony to perform all other abortions. Anyone convicted would face up to eight years in prison.
Woodruff said he expected the bill to easily pass the House. But Senate President Pro Tempore Robert Garton, R-Columbus, and Gov. Mitch Daniels questioned the prospects of the proposal. |
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