Federal appeals court upholds ruling blocking Indiana minor abortion law

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday upheld a district court’s preliminary injunction of an Indiana law requiring parental notification when an unemancipated minor seeks an abortion. Indiana Code § 16-34-2-4(a) prevents a physician from performing an abortion for an unemancipated minor without the written consent of the minor’s parent.

As carried in JURIST

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