Proposal would outlaw use of abortion pills and tighten rape exception

A new bill would further clamp down on abortions in Indiana by banning procedures using pills and requiring women to file an affidavit of rape to meet one of the state’s few exceptions. Its future is uncertain since it was filed by a Senate Republican — Indianapolis Sen. Mike Young — who has clashed with caucus leadership& over Indiana’s abortion ban. Young told ICC that he believes abortions using medications are more dangerous and that’s why he wants to ban them. Sen. Michael Young, R-Indianapolis. (Photo/Indiana General Assembly) “Our job is not only protect the lives of more children, it’s our job is protect women’s lives as well,” he said. Young noted anyone can obtain these pills without a prescription and there have been incidents where someone put the pills in a woman’s drink to try to cause an abortion against her will. But physicians are balking. “This is a government intrusion into medicine and healthcare with no other purpose but to put extreme ideology into law and take medical options away from patients,” said Indianapolis OB-GYN Dr. Caitlin Bernard. “This will lead to women dying in our state, something that we should all be fighting to prevent. Senate Bill...