Indiana Attorney General's Office Appeals Religious Freedom Ruling

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Attorney General Todd Rokita has appealed a Marion County judge's ruling blocking Indiana's near-total abortion ban for a select group of Hoosiers who argue their religious freedom requires access to an abortion. Judge Christina R. Klineman ruled Thursday that Indiana's abortion law imposes a substantial burden on religious exercise protected by the state's Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The case was filed three years ago on behalf of several anonymous plaintiffs and Hoosier Jews for Choice. The plaintiffs don't believe that life begins at conception. Read more...

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