Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai’i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky, Inc. v. Members of the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana, in their official capacities (Indiana)

(Case No. 22S-PL-00338 / Trial Cause No. 53C06-2208-PL-001756)

This lawsuit challenges Indiana’s abortion ban (S.B.1), the first ban passed by a state legislature following the reversal of Roe v. Wade in June 2022. The law imposes felony-level criminal penalties on providers who violate the law. It also eliminates licensed abortion clinics, where the vast majority of abortions in Indiana currently occur, forcing any Hoosiers who qualify for the exceedingly narrow exceptions to the ban to access abortion care in a hospital, which is neither affordable nor accessible for most patients.

After being blocked for nearly a year, the Indiana Supreme Court allowed the ban to take effect in August 2023.

Plaintiffs:

All-Options, Inc.; Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai‘i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky, Inc.; Dr. Amy Caldwell.

Defendants:

Members of the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana and Prosecutors of Hendricks County, Lake County, Marion County, Monroe County, St. Joseph County, Tippecanoe County, and Warrick County

Co-counsel:

Planned Parenthood Federation of America; ACLU of Indiana; WilmerHale

Timeline and Key Documents:

September 11, 2024

Circuit Court Denies Motion for Permanent Injunction to Broaden Scope of Ban’s Narrow Health or Life Exception

November 9, 2023

Plaintiffs File Motion for Preliminary Injunction to Broaden Scope of Ban’s Narrow Health or Life Exception

August 21, 2023

Certification of Supreme Court’s Order Allowing Abortion Ban to Take Effect

June 30, 2023

State Supreme Court Vacates Preliminary Injunction, Allowing Ban to Take Effect

January 19, 2023