Indiana adopts near-total abortion ban as governor signs SB 1 into law

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : The struggle for the Republican Party may have best been described by Rep. Ann Vermilion, R-Marion, who reminded the chamber of her GOP bona fides - limited government, fiscal conservative, Friday night lights, Sunday church - before admitting how the last two weeks have challenged her beliefs.
53% : As the House's soft-spoken chaplain led the chamber in an invocation to open the final day of the two-week special legislative session Friday - called to pass financial relief but coopted to ban abortion after the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision in late June - a small but vocal contingent of abortion-rights protesters nearly drowned out her appeal to God with chants of "bans off our bodies."
53% :Anti-abortion groups have opposed SB 1 because of the few cases in which it would still allow abortion.
50% : Gov. Eric Holcomb announced late Friday that he had signed Senate Bill 1 within an hour of its passage, capping a marathon day that saw both chambers pass the bill outlawing abortion except for several narrow exceptions.
43% : They'd hoped that the House would tighten the exceptions that would continue to allow for abortion.
36% : The party has been divided on the issue, with some feeling the bill goes too far in restricting abortion and others feeling it doesn't go far enough.
35% : The Senate had written an exception for abortion in cases in which the life of the pregnant person was in danger.
33% : More:As lawmakers try to ban abortions, some Republicans point to contraception as the answerLikely all of them were disappointed with the bill passed Friday, which bans abortion except in cases of rape, incest, fatal fetal anomalies and when the life of the pregnant person is at danger.

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