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Senate debates changes to abortion ban for 5 hours, keeps rape and incest exceptions

By BRANDON SMITH IPB News The Indiana Senate rejected an effort July 28 that would’ve deleted rape and incest exceptions from its proposed abortion ban, SB...

Indiana lowers threshold for blood lead levels for children

The Indiana Department of Health adopted an emergency rule that lowers the threshold for diagnosing lead poisoning in children. The ruling, which went into...

ā€˜It ruined our relationship’: Why one woman wishes her mother could have had an abortion

In January 1973, at eight months pregnant, Christy Johnson’s mother traveled from Kentucky to New York, desperate to get an abortion after it became...

‘We deserve a choice’: Black women voice concerns during abortion protest

Standing by herself in the line that wrapped around the Indiana Statehouse on July 25 was 21-year-old Jamia Dinkins. She had a cardboard sign...

Indiana Senate committee adds more restrictions to its nearly total abortion ban

By BRANDON SMITH IPB News Indiana Senate Republicans added further restrictions to their proposed abortion ban July 26. The measure, SB 1, bans abortions except in cases...

Indiana will stop locking up kids under 12. Is that still too young?

By KATRINA PROSS WFYI Edgerrin Hoover was 13 years old when he spent 94 days in the Marion County Juvenile Detention Facility. He was confined in...

Indiana Black and Minority Health Fair offered health services, education and entertainment

This year’s Indiana Black and Minority Health Fair coincided with two other events in Indianapolis: Indiana Black Expo Summer Celebration and the centennial of the historically Black sorority Sigma Gamma Rho.

Citizens plans shut-off at 4 apartment complexes, citing owner’s delinquent payments

Citizens Energy Group plans to disconnect services at four Indianapolis apartment complexes Sept. 30, citing unpaid utility bills that amount to more than $1.7...

Shahid: Trust women to make decisions

In Indiana, women are trusted to run major corporations, lead teams that develop life-saving drugs, raise children and serve in elected office. But they...

IU Health: Dr. Caitlin Bernard complied with patient privacy laws regarding 10-year-old’s abortion

An Indiana OB-GYN, Dr. Caitlin Bernard, has been caught in a national political debate after discussing an abortion she provided to a 10-year-old who...

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