Indiana Supreme Court to take up RFRA-based lawsuit against abortion ban

The state was granted an immediate transfer to the state's highest court for its appeal in a religious freedom lawsuit over the near-total abortion ban.

By: Leslie Bonilla Muñiz

Outlets: Indiana Capital Chronicle

Published: April 20, 2026

Words: 397

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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A religious freedom lawsuit against Indiana’s near-total abortion ban will go directly from a county judge to the state’s highest court.

Marion County Superior Court Judge Christina Klineman in March issued a permanent injunction blocking enforcement of the ban for a select group of Hoosiers with religious objections to the prohibition.

A majority of the Indiana Supreme Court on Friday granted a request from the state attorney general’s office that the case …

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