« Ind. Law - "Senate panel votes to let schools teach creationism" | Main | Ind. Law - More on: "Hairdressers may have killed bill that would eliminate licensing" »

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Ind. Law - Senate Committee backs RU-486 limit

Here is the AP story.

The story does not include the bill number.

Sadly, there appears to be no way to access yesterday's online committee calendars ...

Looking at the list of Senate bills on abortion, I've found a SB 72 and a SB 125 and a SB 282 and a SB 340 and a SB 341.

I'm guessing this story is about SB 282, abortion inducing drugs.

The story reports:

The Senate health committee voted 5-4 in support of the bill that requires that a doctor examine a woman in person before giving her RU-486, provide written information about the physical risks of abortion and to schedule a follow-up ultrasound for her two weeks later. Doctors who don’t follow those steps could face a misdemeanor criminal charge if the proposal becomes law.
The story concludes:
Republican Sen. Vaneta Becker of Evansville, who joined the committee’s three Democrats in voting against the bill, said she believed the proposal wrongly intervened in the doctor-patient relationship and didn’t think the proposal improved patient safety.

The abortion pill proposal follows the Republican-dominated Legislature’s passage last year of a law aimed at cutting off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood because it provides abortions and imposed tighter abortion restrictions. A federal appeals court is considering whether to lift a federal judge’s order that was issued in June that blocked the funding cutoff.

ILB: Last year, abortion clinics. This year, RU-486. Next year, birth control pills and devices?

Posted by Marcia Oddi on January 26, 2012 09:13 AM
Posted to Indiana Law