Roe v. Wade

Northeast Indiana National Organization of Women invited several local candidates to the Allen County Courthouse Green on the anniversary of the Dobbs decision.

One year after the U.S. Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion, the number of legal abortions actually increased nationwide. That’s according to a new report by the Society of Family Planning.

Hundreds of medical professionals and protesters gathered at the IUPUI campus Wednesday to show their support for abortion rights. Doctors who marched said they want to protect their ability to provide evidence-based medicine.

IU Maurer School of Law professor Jody Madeira said that period tracking apps like Flo might be used to identify women at risk of having abortions. The app tracks menstrual cycle and period length, which makes it easier to indicate the potential for a pregnancy.

Indiana ranks in the bottom when it comes to maternal mortality. Some providers worry that the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will have further health ramifications on Hoosier women.

The small group of protestors stood along Clinton Street with handmade signs expressing outrage at the Supreme Court ruling Friday that effectively overturned a woman’s right to abortion.

The rally was organized in response to the leaked Supreme Court draft that would overturn Roe v. Wade.

Overturning Roe v. Wade, as a leaked draft document indicates the U.S. Supreme Court might do, would end the constitutional right to an abortion. For Michigan OB-GYN Lisa Harris, the leak confirmed she needed to double down.

A decision from the U.S. Supreme Court this summer could remove federal protections for abortion across the U.S. Most of the Midwest — and about half of all states — are certain or likely to ban or severely restrict access to abortion if given the chance.

Protestors gathered on the sidewalk along South Clinton Street on Sunday in response to the leaked draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court last week.