A sweeping new abortion ban went into impact in Indiana Thursday, outlawing the process with restricted exceptions. The state was the primary within the nation to cross laws after the Supreme Court docket overturned Roe v. Wade in June.
A lot of the lights at the moment are off at Girls's Med, an Indianapolis abortion supplier. The clinic is amongst two Indiana suppliers slated to shut, whereas the state's 5 remaining clinics will supply restricted well being care.
"I'm so mad," stated Dr. Katie McHugh, who works on the clinic. "As a doctor, I get mad as a result of insurance coverage corporations deny claims. I am not usually mad as a result of my sufferers are being stripped of human rights."
McHugh says affected person quantity doubled at Girls's Med as extra restrictive abortion legal guidelines have been handed in neighboring states. Indiana is now one in all 13 states who've both carried out a near-total ban or outlawed abortions after six weeks.
"We have been in a position to assist the states round us and take their sufferers and supply the care that they wanted," McHugh stated. "That occurred till yesterday."
Sue Liebel, state coverage director for the group Susan B. Anthony Professional-Life America, praised the brand new restrictions.
"Now it is again in state fingers," she stated. "It may be messy. It will be completely different in each state, but it surely's nearer to the folks, nearer to the desire of the voters."
Girls's Med will now ship Indiana sufferers to its sister clinic in Dayton, Ohio, greater than 100 miles away. On Wednesday, a county choose briefly restored Ohio's abortion entry as much as 22 weeks.
"Within the brief time period, I see unbelievable hurt," McHugh stated. "I see a lot hurt on these populations that won't be able to entry abortion care. And I take into consideration the generational harm that can be carried out to those sufferers and their households."