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Committee advances sweeping bill on abortion drugs, reporting and private enforcement after hours of testimony
Summary
Senate Bill 236, which would restrict distribution of abortion-inducing drugs, create new private civil liability related to their distribution and revise where termination-of-pregnancy reports are sent, advanced out of committee after extensive testimony from medical professionals, advocates, carriers and legal experts; the committee recorded a 7-4 vote to move the bill forward.
Senate Bill 236, a broad measure addressing the distribution of abortion-inducing drugs, termination-of-pregnancy reporting and a private right of action, advanced from committee after several hours of testimony and extensive questioning.
Sponsor Senator Johnson said the heart of the bill is section 15's effort to close what he described as a perceived loophole related to mailing and shipping chemical abortion drugs into Indiana and to create civil liability for actors who distribute such drugs outside specified exemptions. He said the bill would exempt licensed Indiana physicians and certain other categories but would create specific civil remedies and defined damages for violations.
Witnesses were sharply divided. Dozens of medical professionals warned the bill would create confusion about…
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