US District Judge James Patrick Hanlon - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 14 Jul 2021 23:14:03 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg US District Judge James Patrick Hanlon - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Judge blocks Indiana law requiring doctors to inform patients about abortion pill reversal https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/07/15/judge-blocks-indiana-law-requiring-doctors-to-inform-patients-about-abortion-pill-reversal/ Thu, 15 Jul 2021 07:50:07 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=138267 A federal judge in late June blocked a law in Indiana set to take effect July 1, which would have required doctors to inform women procuring medical abortion that it is possible for the effects of the first drug in the regimen to be reversed. In a lawsuit filed May 18 in the US District Read more

Judge blocks Indiana law requiring doctors to inform patients about abortion pill reversal... Read more]]> A federal judge in late June blocked a law in Indiana set to take effect July 1, which would have required doctors to inform women procuring medical abortion that it is possible for the effects of the first drug in the regimen to be reversed.

In a lawsuit filed May 18 in the US District Court in Indianapolis, several pro-abortion advocacy groups, including Planned Parenthood, had asked a judge to block the law, which Gov Eric Holcomb signed into law in April.

US District Judge James Patrick Hanlon issued a temporary injunction while legal challenges to the law play out. He ruled that the state had not yet proven the effectiveness of the reversal process, and that the law could violate free speech rights of abortionists.

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