Planned Parenthood remains open in Merrillville for non-abortion health care

Merrillville — New Indiana law prohibits doctors from performing abortions in clinics, but people can get reproductive and other health services at Merrillville’s Planned Parenthood facility.

Planned Parenthood officials confirm health center at 8645 Connecticut Street Merrillville remains open for contraceptive services, gender confirmation care, sexually transmitted disease screening and treatment, and other health care needs Did.

“Planned Parenthood remains committed to Indiana and we are not going anywhere,” said Katie Rodihan, director of communications for Planned Parenthood.

Senate Register Act 1Indiana, which went into effect Thursday, has banned all abortions from the moment of conception. except within 10 weeks after fertilization in the case of pregnancy due to rape or incest, or within 20 weeks if necessary to prevent serious disability or death of the pregnant woman. for fatal fetal anomalies.

The law, which was approved on August 5 by the Republican-controlled Congress and Republican Gov. Eric Holcombe, requires all abortions to be completed in hospitals or hospital-owned surgical centers, increasing the number of abortions at Planned Parenthood clinics. Abortion services will also stop. If you cannot adequately justify the legal basis for abortion, you risk losing your medical license.

According to the Indiana Department of HealthA total of 1,145 abortions, or 13.6% statewide, were performed last year at planned parenthood facilities in Merrillville.

A lawsuit filed by the Indiana chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers challenging the constitutional legitimacy of abortion restrictions will be heard Monday in Bloomington It’s a schedule.

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Another lawsuit, which claims that a near-total abortion ban violates Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act, is due to be reviewed by an Indianapolis court next month.

In the meantime, Hoosier women can access abortion care through Planned Parenthood located across the state line on 19831 Governors Highway. in Flossmore, Illinois.

Indiana, according to the record, followed the June 24 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, which revoked the abortion right established by the Superior Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. was the first state to legally impose strict abortion restrictions.

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