BYPASSING THE COURTS: Gov. Braun’s executive order ignites new fight over terminated pregnancy reports

By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen January 23, 2025 A flurry of executive orders issued Wednesday by Gov. Mike Braun includes one which overrides a court order and requires the Indiana Department of Health to publicly release the reports filed after an abortion is performed in the state. Executive Order 25-20, which effectively mandates the health department to open the terminated pregnancy reports to public review, comes as the state is fighting a legal battle in court to keep the documents private. In September 2024, Marion County Superior Court dismissed the complaint against the IDOH, finding Indiana’s open records statute, as written, does not make the TPRs available to ...