Indiana Senate passes abortion bill that strips public funds from providers
Measure adds restrictions to procedure
April 20, 2011|By KEVIN ALLEN | South Bend Tribune Staff Writer
http://www.wsbt.com/news/wsbt-indiana-senate-passes-abortion-bill-that-strips-public-funds-from-planned-parenthood-20110419,0,1055372.storyIndiana Senate OKs abortion bill stripping public funds from providers
Measure adds restrictions to procedure
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana is on its way to becoming one of the most-restrictive states in the nation when it comes to abortion.
The state Senate approved a bill Tuesday that would ban abortions 20 weeks after conception, except to save the life of the mother, and require abortion providers to tell women life begins at conception, fetuses might feel pain and having an abortion could increase the risk of infertility.
The measure also would take public funding away from Planned Parenthood of Indiana and any other organizations that provide abortions.
Indiana law currently allows abortions until the fetus is considered viable at about the 24th week of pregnancy. Only two other states, Nebraska and North Carolina, prohibit abortions after 20 weeks.
But the language in House Bill 1210 that applies to Planned Parenthood sparked the most debate Tuesday, partly because the provision was added to the bill as an amendment the previous day..