Planned Parenthood Sues to Stop Abortion Law

Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky is asking a federal court to stop Indiana's new abortion law.

The local Planned Parenthood affiliate contends the expanded abortion restrictions are unconstitutional, in part because they infringe on a woman's right to obtain a first-trimester abortion. And requiring a doctor or nurse to inform patients of an unconstitutional law, the organization said, violates free speech.

Known as HEA 1337, the law bans abortions sought solely because the fetus may be born with a disability such as Down syndrome, or because of the fetus's gender or race.

The law "therefore imposes an undue burden on a woman’s right to choose an abortion because it bars that choice under certain circumstances, even if the pregnancy is in its early stages and the fetus is not viable," said the Planned Parenthood complaint, filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for Southern District of Indiana in Indianapolis.

Planned Parenthood also takes issue with the part of the law mandating that abortion providers to cremate or bury fetal remains.

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